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So only someone who has a mastery of English can be said to understand English? Does someone who speaks only a little bit of English not understand some English

So only someone who has a mastery of English can be said to understand English? Does someone who speaks only a little bit of English not understand some English? Does someone need to “understand color” like Picasso in order to say they understand the difference between red and yellow? Why did we need the dictionary definitions? Do we not already both understand what we mean by the word? Isn’t asking someone to pass the small blue box and then experiencing them pass you that small blue box show that they perceived the intended meaning of the words? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_theory_of_meaning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_theory_of_meaning

moffkalast 4y ago
> Does someone who speaks only a little bit of English not understand some English? I mean yeah, sure? It's not a binary thing. Hardly anyone understands anything fully. But putting "sorta" before every "understand" gets old quick.
f6v 4y ago
> Isn’t asking someone to pass the small blue box and then experiencing them pass you that small blue box show that they perceived the intended meaning of the words? You can teach a dog to fetch something particular. The utility of that is quiet limited.