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plication. B implies an excuse for not plying with A’s mand. A’s second remark implies that he accepts B’s excuse and undertakes to do himself what he originally asked B to do. 5. Context and Appropriateness ? Context has been understood in various ways. It may be linguistic or extralinguistic. Linguistic context is alternatively termed as COTEXT, which refers to the linguistic units preceding and/or following a particular linguistic unit in a text. ? Extralinguistic context (interchangeable with CONTEXT OF SITUATION) refers to the relevant features of the situation in which a text has meaning. Taking on a broader sense, the term CONTEXT may include not only the cotext (if there is any), but also the extralinguistic context of a text. context Contextual factors that are socially, regionally or situationally relevant to the production and interpretation of texts fall into the two following categories: Characteristics of the USER of language A. Age B. Sex C. Socioregional or ethnic background D. Education Characteristics of the USE of language in situation a. Medium of munication。colour words Read between lines : Ah, Judge Wilson, five me— but how can anyone see you if you insist on standing in Mr. Dickenson’s shadow? A scale of “status” usage, for example, descending from formal and literary English at one end to colloquial, familiar, and eventually slang English at the other. 1. My beloved parent has joined the heavenly choir. 2. My dear father has passed away. 3. My father has died. 4. My old man has kicked the bucket. Stylistic meaning Firstly, we recognize some words or pronunciations as being dialectal, ., as telling us something of the geographical or social origin of the speaker. Secondly, other features of language tell us something of the social relationship between the speaker and the hearer. 4. Text—the natural starting place for the study of style ? A text is any passage, spoken or written, of whatever length, that forms a unified whole. It may be the product of a single speaker/writer (. a sign, a letter, a news report, a statute, a novel), or that of several speakers (. a piece of conversation, a debate). text ? Two boys stood near a jeweler’s shop. ? Two boys saw a man break a window of a jeweler' s shop and steal all the watches. ? Two boys took a man with several watches in his hand for a thief. ? Two boys ran after a man with several watches in his hand. ? Two boys stood near a jeweler' s shop. They saw a man break the sho