【正确答案】：
THE THREE MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF VERBAL CONTEXT ARE ELIMINATION OF AMBIGUITY, INDICATION OF REFERENTS AND PROVISION OF CLUES FOR INFERRING WORD-MEANING.
【题目解析】：本题主要考查语言语境（verbal context）的功能。语言语境（verbal context）有三大功能：消除歧义（elimination of ambiguity）、限定所指（indication of referents）和提供线索（rovision of clues）以猜测词义。
