Brand-New Entity
Brand-New Entity
A brand-new entity is a referent that:
- has not been mentioned previously in the discourse
- is assumed by the speaker to be previously unknown to the addressee
(English)
In the following example, a guy I work with refers to a brand-new entity. However, when referred to again as he, it is no longer brand new, but salient information :
- A guy I work with says he knows your sister.
Page/s: 233, 235–236
Source: Prince 1981
Prince, Ellen F. 1981. "Toward a taxonomy of given-new information." In Cole, P. 1981 223–255.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ New Information
More specific terms
- NT4 ↓ Anchored Entity
Related terms
- RT⇆ Addressee
- RT⇆ Referent
- RT⇆ Salient Information
- RT⇆ Speaker
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/brand-new-entity
