Glancing over the shoulder of a man on the bus who is reading a newspaper,Dean sees the headline "Shooting of Hunters Terrible." What does Dean's ability to disambiguate the meaning of the utterance depend primarily upon?
A)the presence of contextual cues.
B)Dean's ability to visually represent the meaning.
C)Dean's memory for similar accidents.
D)the isolation of propositions.

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Dean's ability to disambiguate the meaning of the utterance primarily depends on the presence of contextual cues. Without any context, the headline could be interpreted in multiple ways, but the context of the newspaper article provides important information for interpretation.

Glancing Over the Shoulder of a Man on the Bus