What is salient information?

Definition
	Salient information is given information that the speaker assumes to be in the addressee's consciousness at the time of the speaker’s utterance.

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

Source
	Prince 1981 228

Concept module: salient information
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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