Grounding in communication

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Grounding in communication is a concept proposed by Herbert H. Clark and Susan E. Brennan. It comprises the collection of "mutual knowledge, mutual beliefs, and mutual assumptions" that is essential for communication between two people.^[1] Successful grounding in communication requires parties "to coordinate both the content and process". The concept is also common in philosophy of language.