Glossary term C

Collateral Information

Collateral information expresses a nonevent, something that did not or has not yet happened.

Kinds

  • denial: John did not drown
  • question: will John drown?
  • prediction: John's going to drown
Kinds
 
  • denial: John did not drown
  • question: will John drown?
  • prediction: John's going to drown

More specific concepts within collateral information.

  1. Grimes 1975, 64–70
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