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Glossary

Definition of word.

contextual analysis
con-tex-tu-al anal-y-sis

Contextual analysis is a method of deriving the meaning of an unknown word from the surrounding context. Unlike graphophonic analysis and morphemic analysis, which both develop meaning about a word from the word in question, contextual analysis focuses on observing context clues found before and after the unknown word. Contextual analysis uses the semantic cueing system, but contextual analysis is broader because contextual analysis also uses other cueing systems, including syntactic cueing, picture cueing, and typographic cueing. Clues found within the context include

  • antonyms,
  • cause and effect associations,
  • comparison and contrast associations,
  • examples,
  • glosses (a brief definition like this parenthetic clarification)
  • phrases of contrast,
  • phrases of similarity,
  • restatements, and
  • synonyms.

See cueing systems.


Author: Allen B. Wolfe

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