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Naming Context

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Naming context refers to the set of situational, communicative, and interpersonal circumstances in which a linguistic expression is used to identify or describe a referent. It influences the selection and interpretation of names by shaping which characteristics of an entity are relevant, how much identifying information is required, and what knowledge speakers assume to be shared with their interlocutors [1]. Naming choices may therefore vary according to communicative goals, the surrounding objects or entities, the speaker’s perspective, and the addressee’s knowledge [1][2]. In linguistic research, naming context is important for investigating referential communication, lexical variation, object categorization, and the relationship between language use and conceptual representation [1][2].

Naming Context Object Naming Referential Communication Contextual Factors Lexical Variation Communicative Goals Reference Identification
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  1. Barbara C. Malt; Context sensitivity and insensitivity in object naming. Lang. Cogn. 2013, 5, 81-97. [CrossRef]
  2. Carina Silberer; Sina Zarrieß; Matthijs Westera; Gemma Boleda. Humans Meet Models on Object Naming: A New Dataset and Analysis; Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL): Kerrville, TX, United States, 2020; pp. 1893-1905. [CrossRef]
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