Reference is the symbolic relationship that a linguistic expression has with the concrete object or abstraction it represents. Reference is the relationship of one linguistic expression to another, in which one provides the information necessary to interpret the other. 1.
— Mister Micawber
Reference is the symbolic relationship that a linguistic expression has with the concrete object or abstraction it represents.
Reference is the relationship of one linguistic expression to another, in which one provides the information necessary to interpret the other.
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In discussions about semantic analysis, a sense is the meaning of a lexical unit .
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