1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying, by a computing device, content in a document of a received communication, wherein the content includes a language expression; determining a context of the language expression from a defined range of the content in the document; and generating an action item, including rendering a menu of action items, the action items including one or more of generating a reply to email, a new email, a new task, a new meeting and a chat session, generating the action item associated with the language expression based upon, at least in part, the context of the language expression, wherein the action item, when executed by a user, includes one or more excerpts from material referenced by the content in the document, the material referenced by the content in the document being distinct from the document.