People can know meaning {semantics}|, by association and by insight, as information patterns become meaning.
beginning
The simplest, earliest semantics related noun subjects or objects to verbs, to express causes, sources, goals, locations, and actions [Smith, 1985].
observation
Meaning is about sense qualities, so observables can relate to other observables. Observing systems can compare observations to memorized observations. Comparing develops new concepts and categories. Meaning requires knowing something about property, not just property value. For example, meaning requires knowing something about red, not just intensity. Observations can be true, complete, and consistent. Word sense and reference change over time, position, and context, so there are no necessary or a priori truths.
context
Different languages use different categories and different category divisions. Meaning depends on definitions {lexicography, semantics}. Meaning depends on word terminology used in subjects. The same expression can have different meanings in different situations. Symbols ground only in their symbol systems.
factors
Meaning involves specific factors that words or sentences can have. Words or sentences have semantic vectors, giving factor strengths, typically zero. Perhaps, words and sentences have semantic tensors, giving factor strengths and interactions. Vector or tensor sets are contexts.
ambiguity
Human languages are complex and typically have ambiguity, but formal languages do not allow ambiguity.
word in English
English has 5000 to 10,000 basic words.
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