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Analysis How Context Remove Language Ambiguity 　　【Abstract】In the field of linguistics ambiguity refers to features of sentence， in other words， a sentence can be explained into many meanings， while it does not produce enough information so as to define its meaning. It is necessary to distinguish ambiguity based on context in order to confirm the scope of ambiguity. 　　【Key words】ambiguity context 　　1. Meaning as Context 　　The view that meaning is found in the context within which a particular expression is uttered suggests that we can derive meaning from， or reduce it to， the observable context. Such an approach to meaning clearly draws on sociology. Let’s look at the following example： 　　I was near that bank yesterday. 　　We cannot derive the precise meaning from its literal meaning. But suppose that we are standing by a river， and I say that sentence. You certainly understand the bank as a “river bank”， not a “financial institution”. Likewise， if we are on the Wall Street， and I say that sentence， you do not think that I am referring to the edge of a river but the financial institution. Then it turns out that the context determines the meaning. 　　2. Disambiguity 　　The phenomenon of ambiguity is widespread. Then the paper will deal with how to remove them by means of context. 　　2.1 Homonymy 　　Words which have the same linguistic form but are different in meaning are called Homonymy. Some examples are： bank （of a river）―bank （financial institution） and pupil （at school）―pupil （in the eye） etc. Due to the very reason， ambiguity comes into being. Out of context， what the speaker want to convey may fail in the end. For instance： 　　I was near that bank yesterday. 　　We cannot derive the precise meaning from its literal meaning. But suppose that we are standing by a river， and I say that sentence. You certainly understand the bank as a “river bank”， not a “financial institution”. Likewise， if we are on the Wall Street， and I say that sentence， you do not th