120 hr. TEFL Course Module 2-Linguistics (Pt.9)

Module 2: Linguistics

Co-text: We will discuss semantic ideas in detail later in the module, but this term is relevant to both aspects of linguistics. The co-text of a word is the linguistic context, which means that it is the linguistic meaning of a word or the meaning that a word inherently carries with it.

Context: Context is another semantic term but also a concept that even laymen know. The context of a word is the words and sentences around it that give it meaning. Whereas co-text covers the various meanings that can be attributed to a word, the context refers to the specific meaning of the word that is intended based on the surrounding words and sentences.