The beliefs he advocate forming are about what stuff communicates, and the behaviour of the audience sounds like a perfectly good way to base such beliefs on. (You found out what “cat” or “shit” meant (denotatively and connotatively) in English by noticing what circumstances English speakers used “cat” and “shit” in, didn’t you?)
The beliefs he advocate forming are about what stuff communicates, and the behaviour of the audience sounds like a perfectly good way to base such beliefs on. (You found out what “cat” or “shit” meant (denotatively and connotatively) in English by noticing what circumstances English speakers used “cat” and “shit” in, didn’t you?)