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Memory and Common Ground Processes in Language Use
Author(s) -
BrownSchmidt Sarah,
Duff Melissa C.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
topics in cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.191
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1756-8765
pISSN - 1756-8757
DOI - 10.1111/tops.12224
Subject(s) - common ground , computer science , representation (politics) , focus (optics) , common cause and special cause , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , linguistics , communication , psychology , engineering , philosophy , physics , optics , politics , political science , law , operations management
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.