Using Language¶
Clark, H. H. (1996). Using Language. Cambridge University Press.
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Primes¶
- Assumption
- In communication, shared common-ground assumptions about referents and mutual knowledge are the substrate of intelligibility.
This sourceDevelops common ground — shared mutual assumptions about referents and knowledge — as the substrate of intelligible communication.
- In communication, shared common-ground assumptions about referents and mutual knowledge are the substrate of intelligibility.
- Common Ground
- The defining commitment is not merely shared knowledge but common knowledge in the technical sense: A knows X, B knows X, A knows that B knows X, B knows that A knows that B knows X, and so on without limit.
This sourceDevelops the theory of common ground and grounding — how interlocutors build and maintain a body of mutually-recognized knowledge turn by turn.
- The defining commitment is not merely shared knowledge but common knowledge in the technical sense: A knows X, B knows X, A knows that B knows X, B knows that A knows that B knows X, and so on without limit.
Mechanisms¶
- Common Ground Checklist
- By making assumed-shared knowledge explicit, it converts "obvious to me" into a checkable claim about the reader — an operational take on Herbert Clark's account of common ground as knowledge two parties mutually believe they share.
This sourceDefines common ground as the knowledge, beliefs, and assumptions interlocutors mutually share.
- By making assumed-shared knowledge explicit, it converts "obvious to me" into a checkable claim about the reader — an operational take on Herbert Clark's account of common ground as knowledge two parties mutually believe they share.
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