A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics
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/ n. 1. The immediate linguistic environment of some item, often the immediately preceding and/or following items in the linear order of elements within a sentence, but sometimes including other items which are further away, when these are regarded as being in some way linked with it. 2. The linguistic or extralinguistic situation in which an utterance is made.
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