When I started to learn about these things, it was Received Wisdom that to disambiguate a word, or to provide a translation equivalent, a context of 3 words on each side of the target are almost always sufficient. (Counterexamples could always be constructed, but for the statistical majority of the cases three on each side would be fine.) But where does this piece of wisdom originate? Weaver? Salton? Sparck-Jones? Bar-Hillel? Any pointers to the literature, including pointers to counterarguments, would be greatly appreciated.
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