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Quote: there may be many users of the word 'gold' but only metallurgists can recognize gold; i.e., the society determines the meaning of 'gold'

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meaning by social context

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But [the foregoing facts about gold] engender a division of linguistic labor: … but he does not have to acquire the … subclass of speakers. The features that are generally … the extension, ways of recognizing whether something is …   Google-1   Google-2

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