Text and Context
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Text and Context
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Text
in English is a general word for oral, print, visual, and multimedia forms of communication. The person producing the text is referred to as a
text creator.
Context has much to do with the situation in which a text is created, as well as the situation we are in when we interpret text. Misunderstandings or miscommunications arise often from not knowing the text creator's context as shown in the example below.
| An example of context: You receive a note saying, "Your hair looks really nice today." Potentially, this has various contexts, depending on who sent it. Is it from an admirer? Or . . . is it from Grandma? Each person might have a unique meaning or intent for the message! This illustrates the significance of context, and you will learn more about this throughout the course. |
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