Sunday, December 19, 2010

CONTEXT

There are different kinds of context:
  • Linguistic context: Also know as co-text. The co-text of a word is the set of other words used in the same phrase or sentence. The surrounding co-text has a stronger effect on what we think the word probably means.
  • Physical context: "If we see the word bank on the wall of a building in a city, the physical location will influence our interpretation.

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