ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-PRA-0004 · ATLAS 251

Common ground

Information, assumptions, and commitments treated as mutually available within an interaction.

Explanation

Information, assumptions, and commitments treated as mutually available within an interaction. It reveals conversation as continuous coordination of what participants take to be shared.

Example

The concept becomes visible in use and can be followed as a movement of interpretation.

Counterexample

Common ground is interactionally assumed and updated; it need not be objectively true.

Distinction

Common ground is interactionally assumed and updated; it need not be objectively true.

Effect on thought and perception

It reveals conversation as continuous coordination of what participants take to be shared.

Resonance

It reveals conversation as continuous coordination of what participants take to be shared.

Cite this entry

Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Common ground“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-PRA-0004. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-PRA-0004

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