What is predictable information?

Definition
	Predictable information is given information that the speaker assumes can be or could have been predicted by the addressee to occur in a particular position in the sentence.

Example
	Ellipsed material in utterances is predictable information.

Generic
	Predictable information is a kind of
	What is given information?

Source
	Prince 1981 226, 232

Context for this page:

Concept module: predictable information
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): P
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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