What is an evoked entity?

Definition
	An evoked entity is a referent which is given information due
	to previous mention in the text, or to the prominence of the referent in the extralinguistic context.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of evoked entities:
	What is a situationally evoked entity? What is a textually evoked entity?

Generic
	An evoked entity is a kind of
	What is given information?

Source
	Prince 1981:233, 236

Context for this page:

Concept module: evoked entity
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): E
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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