Co-text refers to the words surrounding a particular word or passage within a text that provide context and help determine meaning. For example, the words "door", "keyboard", and "the problem" provide co-text for the meaning of the word "key". Co-text refers to the linguistic environment of a word, while context refers to the non-verbal environment in which a word is used, such as images that could help explain the meaning of the word "goal". Understanding the co-text surrounding a word, such as verbs that commonly occur with "goal", can help English learners use that word properly.

1. Applies Linguistic
Co-text
By Mr. Phal Soeun

2. What is co-text?
The words surrounding a particular word or
passage within a text that provide context and
help to determine meaning.

3. For Example
a key to a door
a key on a keyboard
or
a key to solve the problem
The words door, keyboard, and the
problem are co-text of the word “ key”

4. Co-text and Context
Co-text
– the linguistic
environment of a
word
Context
– the non-verbal
environment in
which a word is
used

5. Context
__the surrounding situation in which a word is used is
its context.
For Example
If I were teaching the word goal in context I
could use images (e.g. Nelson Mandela) to evoke the
life of a man who overcame difficulties in order
to achieve his goals.
.

6. Nelson Mandela

7. Co-text
__the surrounding words is its co-text.
For Example
To be able to use the word goal in English
learners would have to know the verbs that
commonly occur with it, such as
achieve / set / accomplish or score (if talking
about football)

8. References
• Webb, S. (2007). Learning word pairs and glossed sentences: The
effects of a single context on vocabulary knowledge. Language
Teaching Research, 11, 63-81.
• http://leoxicon.blogspot.com/2013/05/context-or-co-text.html