Linguistic expressions have no inherent meaning. The
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author/speaker encodes meaning to it. The reader/listener then decodes it. The decoding is heavily influenced by the knowledge and experience of the reader/listener. The meaning decoded from the reader/listener then can be different than what was ascribed by the author/speaker.