【正确答案】:
THE THREE MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF VERBAL CONTEXT ARE ELIMINATION OF AMBIGUITY, INDICATION OF REFERENTS AND PROVISION OF CLUES FOR INFERRING WORD-MEANING.
【题目解析】:本题主要考查语言语境(verbal context)的功能。语言语境(verbal context)有三大功能:消除歧义(elimination of ambiguity)、限定所指(indication of referents)和提供线索(rovision of clues)以猜测词义。