16. The handheld electronic device of claim 9 wherein the number of contextual value objects reflects a context for the associated language object and is selected from a group consisting of word objects, punctuation symbols, and representations of a numeric format.
9. A handheld electronic device comprising: a processor apparatus comprising a processor and a memory having stored therein a plurality of objects that comprise a plurality of language objects and a number of contextual value objects, the contextual value objects each being associated with at least one of the language objects; an input apparatus being structured to provide input to the processor apparatus and comprising a number of input members including a multiple-axis input member; an output apparatus structured to receive output signals from the processor apparatus; the memory further having stored therein a number of routines which, when executed by the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to be adapted to perform operations comprising: detecting a first input; outputting as a first output an interpretation of the first input; detecting as a second input an ambiguous input that comprises a number of input member actuations; outputting at least a portion of each of a first language object and a second language object as proposed interpretations of the ambiguous input, the at least a portion of the first language object being output at a position of preference with respect to the at least a portion of the second language object; and detecting an input from the multiple-axis input member as a selection of the at least a portion of the second language object and, responsive thereto: storing a representation of the first output as a new contextual value object, and associating the new contextual value object with the second language object.