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  2. Contextualization (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Contextualization cues are both verbal and non-verbal signs that language speakers use and language listeners hear that give clues into relationships, the situation, and the environment of the conversation (Ishida 2006). An example of contextualization in academia is the work of Basil Bernstein (1990 [1971]).

  3. Context (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    In the theory of sign phenomena, adapted from that of Charles Sanders Peirce, which forms the basis for much contemporary work in linguistic anthropology, the concept of context is integral to the definition of the index, one of the three classes of signs comprising Peirce's second trichotomy.

  4. Recontextualisation - Wikipedia

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    Recontextualisation is a process that extracts text, signs or meaning from its original context (decontextualisation) and reuses it in another context. [1] Since the meaning of texts, signs and content is dependent on its context, recontextualisation implies a change of meaning and redefinition. [1]

  5. Contextualization - Wikipedia

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    Contextualization (Bible translation), the process of contextualising the biblical message as perceived in the missionary mandate originated by Jesus; Contextualization (computer science), an initialization phase setting or overriding properties having unknown or default values at the time of template creation

  6. Contextual learning - Wikipedia

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    Constructivist learning theory maintains that learning is a process of constructing meaning from experience [3] Contextual learning may be useful for child development if it provides learning experiences in a context in which children are interested and motivated. Various experiential learning theorists have contributed to an understanding of ...

  7. Word sense - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, a word sense is one of the meanings of a word. For example, a dictionary may have over 50 different senses of the word "play", each of these having a different meaning based on the context of the word's usage in a sentence, as follows: We went to see the play Romeo and Juliet at the theater.

  8. Semantic loan - Wikipedia

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    A typical example is the French word souris, which means "mouse" (the animal).After the English word mouse acquired the additional sense of "computer mouse", when French speakers began speaking of computer mice, they did so by extending the meaning of their own word souris by analogy with how English speakers had extended the meaning of mouse.

  9. Contextualization (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    Object-oriented programming: Contextualization consists, at object creation time, to provide adequate initialization parameters to a class constructor.; Virtualization: Contextualization permits, at the end of VM instantiation, to set or override VM data having unknown or default values at the time of creation of the Live CD, typically hostname, IP address, .ssh/authorized_keys, ...