However, when studying the culture in which a performance takes place, it is important to remember that responses and reactions to signs and their "meanings" will be governed not only by the cultural conventions embedded in the audiences, but also by personal and individual experience. To illustrate this, I will use a visual sign: if a young female character walked onto the stage wearing a lacy negligee, the different social implications are obvious; on a general level, most would appreciate that the it was evening time and that the character had retired to bed, whilst some may assume that sh...

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