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  2. Quoting out of context - Wikipedia

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    Quoting out of context (sometimes referred to as contextomy or quote mining) is an informal fallacy in which a passage is removed from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its intended meaning. [1] Context may be omitted intentionally or accidentally, thinking it to be non-essential.

  3. Context (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Verbal context influences the way an expression is understood; hence the norm of not citing people out of context. Since much contemporary linguistics takes texts, discourses, or conversations as the object of analysis, the modern study of verbal context takes place in terms of the analysis of discourse structures and their mutual relationships ...

  4. Truth-conditional semantics - Wikipedia

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    Dummett believes a speaker must know three components of a sentence to understand its meaning: a theory of sense, indicating the part of the meaning that the speaker grasps; a theory of reference, which indicates what claims about the world are made by the sentence, and a theory of force, which indicates what kind of speech act the expression ...

  5. 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]

  6. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    The word theory in "the theory of evolution" does not imply scientific doubt regarding its validity; the concepts of theory and hypothesis have specific meanings in a scientific context. While theory in colloquial usage may denote a hunch or conjecture, a scientific theory is a set of principles that explains an observable phenomenon in

  7. Is Your Ex (or Boss) a Narcissist—Or Just a Jerk? - AOL

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    Here's why people confuse narcissistic personality disorder with traits like ambition and being a jerk. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness ...

  8. Chevy Chase Responds to Being Called a 'Jerk': 'I Am ... - AOL

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    Davidson tore into Chase after the famous SNL alum told the Washington Post, “I’m amazed that Lorne has gone so low.I had to watch a little of it, and I just couldn’t f**king believe it.” ...

  9. Contextualization (sociolinguistics) - Wikipedia

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    An example of contextualization in academia is the work of Basil Bernstein (1990 [1971]). Bernstein describes the contextualization of scientific knowledge in pedagogical contexts, such as textbooks. Contextualization in relation to sociolinguistics only examines how language is being used.