contextualisation
Placing in perspective
Contextualisation is the act of placing something within its surrounding circumstances to better understand it.
A historian contextualises a document by examining when and where it was written.
A therapist contextualises behaviour by exploring a patient's background.
The spelling with -ise is British; Americans write contextualization.
Alteration to improve fit
- modificationAct of altering something
- customizationModification to individual preference
- tailoringCustom clothing adjustment
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
accommodation · fitting · shaping · configuring · calibration · localization · translation · transposition
Formal communication on subjects
- pragmaticsLanguage-in-context study
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
locution · nuance · rhetoric · utterance · reference · presupposition · register · code-switching
Temporary exterior work platform
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- instructionGuidance for action
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
literacy · didactics · schema · experiential · real-world · application · relevance · engagement
Study of interpretation methods
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- meaningWhat something signifies
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- subtextImplicit meaning beneath words
nuance · perspective · frame · semiotics · symbolism · allusion · annotation · explication
Quality of being applicable
- applicabilityDegree of fitness
- significanceQuality of mattering
- connectionA joining or relation
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
bearing · materiality · germaneness · salience · relatedness · circumstance · occasion · timeliness
adjustment
Alteration to improve fit
- modificationAct of altering something
- customizationModification to individual preference
- tailoringCustom clothing adjustment
alignment · accommodation · fitting · shaping · configuring · calibration · localization · translation · transposition · recontextualization
discourse
Formal communication on subjects
- pragmaticsLanguage-in-context study
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
inference · locution · nuance · rhetoric · utterance · reference · presupposition · register · code-switching · framing
scaffolding
Temporary exterior work platform
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- instructionGuidance for action
learning · literacy · didactics · schema · experiential · real-world · application · relevance · engagement · meaning-making
hermeneutics
Study of interpretation methods
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- meaningWhat something signifies
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
subtext · nuance · perspective · frame · semiotics · symbolism · allusion · annotation · explication · deconstruction
pertinence
Quality of being applicable
- applicabilityDegree of fitness
- significanceQuality of mattering
- connectionA joining or relation
appropriateness · bearing · materiality · germaneness · salience · relatedness · circumstance · occasion · timeliness · specificity
contextualisationdecontextualization
Removal from original setting
isolation · abstraction · disconnection · detachment · atomisation
contextualisationliteralism
Exact meaning only
universalisation · reductionism · generalisation · absolutism · essentialism