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Memory and Common Ground Processes in Language Use
Sarah Brown-Schmidt1, Melissa C Duff2
1Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University.
Abstract:
During communication, we form assumptions about what our communication partners know and believe. Information that is mutually known between the discourse partners-their common ground-serves as a backdrop for successful communication. Here we present an introduction to the focus of this topic, which is the role of memory in common ground and language use. Two types of questions emerge as central to understanding the relationship between memory and common ground, specifically questions having to do with the representation of common ground in memory, and the use of common ground during language processing.
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