According to the chapter, one of the most crucial points is there are three different standards of meaning. First is what the word means literally. Secondly, consider what other meanings the word may include. And thirdly what the word actually means at the content of the text. So the reader has to look at the whole picture to understand the meaning of it, such as what is the speaker means by the word in this sentence and in this content specifically. because the same sentence might have different meanings in the same content so we have to be aware of that.

In addition “language and thought.” was more interesting for me that is because language is a tool to express our ideas. Arabic is my native language and I feel more comfortable using it to analyze situations or using the same word in different circumstances and it makes a perfect sense which I don’t think about English. English is a very scientific language and it is not that rich to express feelings or ideas. and the structure of the sentence has a significant difference so I struggled to learn English and I understand exactly what the author means at this point.

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