| 释义 |
co-text|ˈkəʊtɛkst|
[f. co- + text n.1]
The language which surrounds a particular word, phrase, or passage, and which can determine its meaning; = context n. 4 a.
1964M. A. K. Halliday et al. Linguistic Sci. v. 125 When we learn our native language, these two types of contextual evidence, from the situation and from the surrounding language or ‘co-text’, constitute all the evidence we have. 1965B. M. H. Strang Metaphors & Models 4 Bacon and eggs is reversible, as fish and chips is not, ..by reason of linguistic information about position and about the items in the co-text (the words bacon, eggs, fish, chips). 1966A. McIntosh in C. E. Bazell In Memory of J. R. Firth 303 Within the confines of what is actually spoken or written, I have found it necessary to consider the influence of elements in the co-text (i.e. in the textual environment of the constructions under actual scrutiny). |