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The Importance of Contextual Meaning in English Reading

Neil S. Zheng

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Context is the most important concept in pragmatic study,which has been the basis of proper understanding of language.Utterances and situation are bound up closely with each other and the context of situation is indispensable for the understanding of words.Context actually serves as the basis for the proper comprehension of language and is particularly of vital importance to clear understanding of internal meaning of language,since people always express their particular inner feelings by using utterances under different circumstances or certain cultural backgrounds.Therefore,it's very important to comprehend the contextual meaning of the key words.

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Context is the most important concept in pragmatic study,which has been the basis of proper understanding of language.Utterances and situation are bound up closely with each other and the context of situation is indispensable for the understanding of words.Context actually serves as the basis for the proper comprehension of language and is particularly of vital importance to clear understanding of internal meaning of language,since people always express their particular inner feelings by using utterances under different circumstances or certain cultural backgrounds.Therefore,it's very important to comprehend the contextual meaning of the key words.

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Context is the most important concept in pragmatic study,which has been the basis of proper understanding of language.Utterances and situation are bound up closely with each other and the context of situation is indispensable for the understanding of words.Context actually serves as the basis for the proper comprehension of language and is particularly of vital importance to clear understanding of internal meaning of language,since people always express their particular inner feelings by using utterances under different circumstances or certain cultural backgrounds.Therefore,it's very important to comprehend the contextual meaning of the key words.

Key concepts: Meaning (existential), Feeling, Context (archaeology), Comprehension, Linguistics, Reading (process), Key (lock), Reading comprehension

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