contextual clue
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontextualandclue
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contextual
adjective
uk/kənˈteks.tʃu.əl/us/kənˈteks.tʃu.əl/
related to the context ...
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clue
noun[C]
uk/kluː/us/kluː/
a sign or some information that helps you to find the answer to a problem, question, ...
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(Definition ofcontextualandcluefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The most importantcontextualclueis that the speaker continues speaking right away.
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This system can learn to detect certain types of contextual clues, and can react accordingly with context changes.
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Effect of contextual clues on inferring and remembering meanings of new words.
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Further analysis, however, indicated that nearly half the students did not combine the two sources and over-relied on either kanji or contextual clues.
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There were four semantic, contextual clues per intended meaning, presented within two sentences.
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This was largely because of surnames being used on their own, without contextual clues.
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Additionally, the present study provided sufficient contextual clues for learners to be able to infer meaning.
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In other words, their synonymy magnitude might decrease because these words were processed on their own without any contextual clues.
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Further analysis, however, indicated that nearly half the students did not combine the two sources and overrelied on either kanji or contextual clues.
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With a variety of contextual clues, one can distinguish between preferences and intuitions.
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Some integrators are better at kanji clues than contextual clues, some show a reverse tendency, some are good at both, and others show a somewhat limited ability in both.
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I- word parts and contextual clues to interpret a new word.
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That is, some contextual clues as to the general kind of meaning intended by the speaker are always deployed by the hearer in accessing the meaning of an utterance.
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It must be recalled, though, that the other half of students (45%) overrelied either on kanji clues or contextual clues and were unable to benefit from multiple sources.
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Getting the patient informed is a craft that needs to be learned through cultural immersion and the use of cultural intermediaries 25 who can help unscramble contextual clues.
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Additional precision is left to contextual clues: the presence of other stores, the flow of traffic, the class of vehicles, and the looks and loads of passers-by.
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The results of this study also show that deriving the exact meanings of novel kanji words based on kanji and/or contextual clues is not an easy task.
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