Meaning is context-bound, but context is boundless. . . .

"But if we say that meaning is context-bound, then we must add that context is boundless: there is no determining in advance what might count as relevant, what enlarging of context might be able to shift what we regard as the meaning of a text. Meaning is context-bound, but context is boundless."

. . . Jonathan Culler . . . Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction . . . 68 . . .