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| | Simon: Literary Criticism, pt. 4 |
 | | Of course, we cannot assume that context remains constant, even over short segments of text, but we may expect it usually to change in a gradual manner, so that elements of context in one sentence or passage are likely to remain part of the context in closely adjoining parts of the text. |
 | | Thus, in our quotation from Camus, we are probably safe in assuming that the locale, a bar in a Dutch city, and the bartender will remain part of the context throughout some substantial segment of text. |
 | | A second way in which we may try to infer context is by determining what kinds of ideas and information are in the head of the writer at the time of writing. |
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