The answer to this apparent paradox is that we use more than our linguistic competence to help us understand. We also use context, our knowledge of the world our extra-linguistic information to help us understand language directed at us
The answer to this apparent paradox is that we us e mor e t han ou r lin gu isti c competence to help us understand. We also use context, our knowledge of the world, our extra-linguistic information to help us understand language directed at us
1. Context clue 1: definition Sometimes a writer knows that a word is unfamiliar or strange to many readers To make the word easier to understand, the writer may include a definition of the word in a sentence
1.Context Clue 1: definition Sometimes a writer knows that a word is unfamiliar or strange to many readers. To make the word easier to understand, the writer may include a definition of the word in a sentence
A. All other birthdays are called sing il born day). The sixty-first birthday is called huan gup(beginning of new life. B. The harbor is protected by a jetty---a wall built out into the water C. Jane is indecisive. that is she can t make up her mind
A. All other birthdays are called sing il ( born day). The sixty-first birthday is called huan gup (beginning of new life.) B. The harbor is protected by a jetty---a wall built out into the water. C. Jane is indecisive, that is ,she can’t make up her mind
Context Clue 2 Restatement More often, you may find a restatement which tells you almost as much as a definition A. He had a wan look. He was so pale and weak that we thought he was ill B I am a resolute man. Once I set up a goal, I wont give it up easily
Context Clue 2: Restatement More often, you may find a restatement, which tells you almost as much as a definition. A. He had a wan look. He was so pale and weak that we thought he was ill. B. I am a resolute man. Once I set up a goal, I won’t give it up easily
Context Clue 3: General knowledge More often than not the meaning of many words can be readily guessed if you use your own experience or general Knowledge of the subject A. The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel
More often than not, the meaning of many words can be readily guessed if you use your own experience or general knowledge of the subject. A. The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel. Context Clue 3: General knowledge