Analyze and comment on the following.Analyze and comment on the following statement. As most words have more than one meaning, it is often impossible to tell the meaning of a word before it is used in context.
Analyze and comment on the following.Analyze and comment on the following statement. As most words have more than one meaning, it is often impossible to tell the meaning of a word before it is used in context.
【正确答案】:

CONTEXT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF WORD-MEANING BECAUSE THE MEANING IS INFLUENCED IMMEDIATELY BY THE LINGUSITIC CONTEXT AND IN MANY CASES BY THE WHOLE SPEECH SITUATION AS WELL. WHEN A WRITER OR SPEAKER USES A WORD, SHE/HE MAKES IT "MEAN JUST WHAT HE CHOOSES IT  TO MEAN-NEITHER MORE NOR LESS.” WITHOUT CONTEXT, THERE IS NO WAY TO DETERMINE THE VERY SENSE OF THE WORD THAT THE SPEAKER INTENDED TO CONVEY; WHEREAS WITH CONTEXT THERE IS GENERALLY NO DANGER OF MISINTERPRETATION, FOR MEANING LIVES IN CONTEXT AND THE CONTEXT DEFINES MEANING.


【题目解析】:语境对于理解词义是非常重要的,因为语境直接影响词义,而且在许多情况下,语境也会影响整个语言环境。当一个作家或演讲者使用一个词时,她/他会说“正是他所选择的词的意思,不多也不少”。没有上下文,就没有办法确定演讲者想要表达的词的真正意义;而在上下文中,通常没有误解的危险,因为意义就在上下文中,上下文可以定义词的意思。
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