【语境及交际中意义的理解】牛强.pdf
MastersDegreeThesis ContextandUnderstandingofMeaning In Communication Major:EnglishlanguageandLiterature Author:Niu Qiang Advisor:ProfessorChenLinhua Department of English CollegeofForeignlanguages JiLinUniversity November,1995
Introduction Contextis ofgreatimportancetotheunderstandingofmeaningincommunication,especially to the understanding of the meanings of polysemes,homonyms,homophones and indirect utterances.No matter how many denotative or descriptive meaningsa word,a phrase ora sentence may have,generallythere will
ChapterOne PerspectivesonContext In the study of context in thepast decades,different linguists have exploredit from different perspectives regarding their own interests and fieldsof study.Therefore,their specific descriptions ofcontext aredifferentfrom each others.