Mental processes {comprehension, linguistics} find language meaning.
Speakers code understanding of physical and social world into mental representations {conceptual structure, semantics}, including perceptions and behavioral patterns. Conceptual structure is independent of language.
Children and adults interpret what they hear based on current situation, speaker intention, and audience {context, semantics}. If they understand situation, they can use language appropriate to that situation.
First-person judgments {first-person judgment} are judgments about humans in general, not just about speaker.
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Date Modified: 2022.0225