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Meaning Outruns the Words
People rely on short utterances to carry complex relational meaning.
Language cannot carry full context, history, and emotional state by itself.
- Context lives in the setting and in shared history
- Emotion often shows up outside explicit wording
- Social roles load words with extra consequence
Language never carries all of the context, emotion, or intent around it.
Meaning outruns the words: a line can be precise in grammar and still short on life.
