context of situation

A context of situation for linguistic work brings into relation the following categories:

Context of situation is the semio-socio-cultural environment in which the text unfolds.

The questions in the exams are structured in the context of situations that financial risk managers face every day.

For example, a given pronoun may refer to an entity which is present in the context of situation rather than in the surrounding text.

It is clear, however, that the utterances in the contexts of situation in which they are cited, would be taken to convey very different messages.

According to Halliday, text is a sign representation of a socio-cultural event embedded in a context of situation.

My view was, and still is, that 'context of situation' is best used as a suitable schematic construct to apply to language events.

Firth is noted for drawing attention to the context-dependent nature of meaning with his notion of 'context of situation'.

Educators in primary and secondary education often associate proper behavior with school spirit, especially in the context of situations when students are outside the school itself.

This is an excellent method of understanding the contexts of situations and its meaning for those involved, even though one can never truly be a participant observer.

(It must not be forgotten, of course, that contextual relevance goes beyond the purely linguistic context and embraces the whole context of situation.

Logicians are apt to think of words and propositions as having 'meaning' somehow in themselves, apart from participants in contexts of situation.

Another main concept Firth put forth in his lectures and writings was the idea that context of situation should be taken into account when it comes to linguistic analysis.

Is it possible to determine in any principled way what aspects of context of situation are relevant to these different interpretations of the same 'utterance' on two occasions?

Third-person pronouns typically refer back (or forward) to a nominal expression in the text but may also be used to refer to an entity which is present in the immediate physical or mental context of situation.

It is expected that students will understand what is meant in this context by the terms rank, cohesion, and context of situation, and that they will know something of those recent developments with which the term 'Systemic' is particularly associated.

Against the background of this mass of expectations which derives from and constitutes our experience, it must become possible to identify the relevant properties of features of the context of situation in terms of norms of expectation within a particular genre.

But it is also possible that it refers to the environment in which the dialogue is taking place - to the "context of situation", as it is called - where the plants in question are present and can be pointed to if necessary.

She points to the teddy bear (that one)in the first picture and then points to the empty chair in the second picture (there)and assumes that the teacher is paying attention to what she is pointing to in their shared context of situation.

We must assume that the young child's acquisition of language comes about in the context of expanding experience, of expanding possible interpretations of forms like here and now in different contexts of situation, contexts which come to be recognised, and stored as types.

A text is a passage of discourse which is coherent in these two regards: it is coherent with respect to the context of situation, and therefore consistent in register; and it is coherent with respect to itself, and therefore cohesive'.

It is a theory of language in use, creating systematic relations between choices and forms within the less abstract strata of grammar and phonology, on the one hand, and more abstract strata such as context of situation and context of culture on the other.

Some contemporary scholars who have followed a textual based approach to the study of the Qur'an with an emphasis over the coherence in the Book and the context of situation offered a radical interpretation on the verses and prophetic narratives that are usually quoted by the militants to promote militancy.

He also said, "As far as rationing goes, it's nothing I've ever advocated for the health system as a whole, and I've talked about rationing only in the context of situations where you have limited items, like limited livers or limited vaccine, and not for overall health care."

I suggest that voices should not be entirely dissociated from the social context in which they function and that therefore all texts in modern spoken languages should be regarded as having 'the implication of utterance', and be referred to typical participants in some generalised context of situation.