meaningwhere
Meaningwhere is a term used in linguistics and information theory to refer to the contextual locus where meaning is produced or determined in a communication. It is not a fixed technical definition, but a conceptual placeholder for the set of factors—context, audience, intent, culture, and discourse structure—that shape how a message is interpreted in a given situation.
In its usage, meaningwhere is invoked to discuss how meaning can shift across contexts. For example, the
Origin and status: meaningwhere is a neologism without a formal, universally accepted definition. It appears sporadically
Applications: In natural language processing, the idea corresponds to context windows, discourse modeling, or user intent
Related concepts include context, pragmatics, discourse analysis, sense and reference, semantic frame, and information context.