Word, context and communicative meaning

This paper discusses the dynamic relationship of word meaning with context, which implies a reciprocal process between the two. On the one hand context specifies word meaning, and words can create their own context. According to current pragmatic theories meaning depends on its context. However, thi...

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Main Author: - Istvan Kecskes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2014-12-01
Series:Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/9561