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Introduction Part I Common Ground and Language Use 1. DefiniteReference and Mutual Knowledge 2. Context for Comprehension 3. Common Groundand the Understanding of Demonstrative Reference Part II Discourse as aCollaborative Process 4 Referring as a Collaborative Process 5 Contributingto Discourse 6 Understanding by Addressees and Overhearers Part IIIAudience Design in Language Use 7 Hearers and Speech Acts 8 Dealing withOverhearers 9 Concealing One's Meaning from Overhearers Part IVCoordination of Meaning 10 Making Sense of Nonce Sense 11 Understanding OldWords with New Meanings 12 Words, the World and their Possibilities