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1、AnalysisofthecontextualmeaningofEnglishWordsAbstractAsisknowntous,thecontextistheenvironmentthatthewordisused,itoftendeterminestheexactmeaningofwords.Nowadays,moreandmorewordsappeartoexpressnewconceptswiththedevelopmentofthescienceandtechnology.Butnoteveryconcepthasit
2、sownword.Therefore,manycommonwordsareusedtoexpresssomenewconcepts,thenacommonwordhasitsspecialmeaningduetotheplacewhereitisused,namelycontextualmeaning.Inthispaper,theauthordividescontextintotwoparts:figuresofspeech,culture.TheanalysisoncontextualmeaningofEnglishwords
3、isabletoprovideaclueforunderstandingthemeaningofEnglishwordsusedinsomespecialcontextrightlyaswellastoavoidembarrassmentcausedbyinterpretingawordliterally.KeyWordsEnglishwords;context;contextualmeaningⅠ.ContextualMeaningandFiguresofSpeechTiisknowntoallthatlanguageisthe
4、meansofcommunication.Incommunication,figurativelanguageisoftenemployedbywritersorspeakerstomakehisideaconcreteandvivid.Afresh,properfigureofspeechcanappealtotheimagination,creatementalpictureandmakethespeechorwritingvivid,impressiveandinteresting.English,asacommunicat
5、iondevice,arefulloffiguresofspeech.Mostoffiguresofspeecharebasedonresemblanceinimage.Theymaybedirectorimpliedcomparison,likeninginanimateobjectstopeopleoraddressingthemassuch.Somefiguresofspeecharebasedontheassociationbetweenthethingsandpeople,betweenthepartandthewhol
6、e,orbetweenoppositethings,etc.otherscomeintobeingthroughusage,proverbialrelationshiporexaggeration.ToEnglishlearner,whatmatterafterallisnotexactlyhowmanykindsoffiguresofspeechthereareinEnglishlanguage,buthowwellonecanlearntounderstandandevenmakeuseofthem.Wordstoanessa
7、yarebrickstoabuilding,ormoleculestoasubstance,smallastheyare,unimportanttheyarenot,tosomeextent,thefiguresofspeechcanbetreatedasthecontextsofEnglishword.Therefore,inordertostudythecontextualmeaningofEnglishwordswhichusedfiguratively.Sotheauthorinthispaperanalyzessomec
8、ommonfiguresofspeechcontextinEnglishlanguage.A.MetonymyAsweknowthenameofanobjectorconceptareoftenreplacedwithsomeotherwordsr