What is a situationally evoked entity?

Definition
	A situationally evoked entity is a referent that is given information because of the prominence of the referent in the extralinguistic context.

Example (English)
	Could you shut the door?
	The door is previously unmentioned, but it is given information because there is only one door and its existence is known.

Generic
	A situationally evoked entity is a kind of
	What is an evoked entity?

Source
	Prince 1981 233, 236

Context for this page:

Concept module: situationally evoked entity
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): S
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)
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