In linguistics, there is a saying coined by Firth, “You will know a word by the company it keeps.” The idea is that a words meaning is embedded in all the conte

In linguistics, there is a saying coined by Firth, “You will know a word by the company it keeps.” The idea is that a words meaning is embedded in all the contexts in which it occurs. This is how virtually everyone processes the semantics of words. Meaning and contexts vary with time and person and can lead to many misunderstandings.