What is collateral information?

Definition
	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

Source
	Grimes, J. 1975:64–70

Concept module: collateral information
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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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