kontextu

Kontextu is the genitive singular form of the Czech and Slovak noun kontext, meaning "of the context." In these languages it is used with verbs and prepositions that require the genitive case, for example bez kontextu (without context) or v kontextu historických textů (in the context of historical texts).

In linguistics and semantics, context refers to the set of factors that surround an utterance and affect its interpretation. This includes linguistic context (the surrounding text or discourse), situational context (the physical and social situation), and cultural context (shared knowledge and norms). Context helps resolve ambiguity, determine reference for pronouns, and infer implied meaning beyond the literal words.

In practical uses, context is central to translation, lexicography, and communication. In natural language processing, contextual information is modeled with representations that depend on surrounding words and sentences; modern approaches such as contextual embeddings and transformer-based models rely on context to assign meaning and disambiguate expressions.

Etymology: the word kontext comes from Latin contextus meaning "weaving together," and the form kontextu in Czech and Slovak is the genitive singular of that noun. The term is widely used in linguistic and academic writing within those languages to discuss how surrounding material shapes interpretation.

See also: context, pragmatics, co-text, disambiguation.