Of course, we have known for a long time that a word, like any verbal sign, is a unity of two components.
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.”
“People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.”