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  2. Feb 5, 2020 · In communication and composition, context refers to the words and sentences that surround any part of a discourse and that helps to determine its meaning. Sometimes called linguistic context.

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  3. Context (linguistics) In semiotics, linguistics, sociology and anthropology, context refers to those objects or entities which surround a focal event, in these disciplines typically a communicative event, of some kind.

  4. A context consisting of the Common Ground, the Question Under Discussion stack, and Discourse Commitment sets. One of these sets in the context is called the Common Ground (CG). The Common Ground is the set of propositions that all discourse participants in that conversation agree to be true.

  5. Rather than being extraneous to talk and text, context is conceptualized as an integral part of discourse, in a mutually constitutive text-context relationship. This chapter will cover key insights from three influential and affiliated ways of analyzing context: context as dynamically and interactionally achieved; context as rooted in ...

  6. Linguistic context can include surrounding sentences, paragraphs, or even conversations, which help disambiguate terms that may have multiple meanings. Understanding linguistic context is crucial for interpreting idioms, metaphors, and other figurative language that rely on contextual cues.

  7. Linguistic context refers to the words, phrases, and sentences that surround a particular utterance or piece of text, helping to shape its meaning and interpretation.

  8. Comprehensive, yet wide-ranging, the Handbook presents a full description of how the theory of context has revolutionised linguistics, and how its renewed study is crucial in an ever-changing world.

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