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The Theory of Context Context (in language use)棗athe relevant constraints of the communicative situation that influence language use, language variation and discourse. Structural ambiguity: You have a green light you are holding a green light bulb. you have a green light to drive your car. you can go ahead with the project. your body has a green glow. Sherlock saw the man with binoculars Sherlock observed the man by using binoculars; Sherlock observed a man who was holding binoculars. the context and the speakers intent A sentence is an abstract entity — a string of words divorced from non-linguistic context — as opposed to an utterance, which is a concrete example of a speech act in a specific context. The cat sat on the mat. (A sentence) “The cat sat on the mat”, she said. (an unterance) Context may refer to: ConTeXt, a macro package for the TeX typesetting system ConTEXT, a Windows text editor Context (language use), the relevant constraints of the communicative situation that influence language use, language variation and discourse Context (computing), the virtual environment required to suspend a running software program Archaeological context, an event in time which has been preserved in the archaeological record Context may also be used for: Context analysis, analysis of the environment in which a business operates Context awareness, ability for computers to adjust to the natural environment Context menu, usability improvement based on context awareness Context mixing, a type of data compression algorithm Context principle, philosophy of language Context Sensitive Solutions, transportation Context theory, theory of how environmental design and planning of new development should relate to its context Contextualization, a translation approach that is not literal; predominantly used in regards to Bible translations High context culture Low context culture Trama (context or flesh), the mass of non-hymenial tissues that compo