Language and meaning: A major determinant of communication accuracy is the extent to
which communicators assign similar meanings to the same word. Since language is a system
of symbols, words themselves have no meaning. ey are simply labels. e meaning a per-
son attaches to a message is uniquely determined by individual needs, social background,
and so on.
For some words, as dictionaries give so many di erent meanings, the word that the
sender refers to may be di erent from the word the receiver perceives. ere are some words
which are spelt in the same way but have di erent meanings: for exa ...
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