kontekstitilanteen
Kontekstitilanteen is a Finnish term used in discourse analysis to refer to the contextual situation surrounding an utterance or text. It denotes the co-constructed set of factors that shape meaning, including the audience, purpose, medium, place, time, and broader cultural norms. The form kontekstitilanteen is the genitive of kontekstitilanne, meaning “of the contextual situation.”
The concept emphasizes that meaning arises from more than the words themselves; it emerges from the situational
In practice, researchers use kontekstitilanteen to analyze how statements are understood in discourse, pragmatics, media studies
Methodologically, identifying the kontekstitilanteen involves examining factors such as the participants and their roles, communicative goals,