The Democratic People's Republic of Korea usually has constant reference, as does Noam Chomsky. In the sentence Jimmy Wales, who founded Wikipedia, is an intelligent man, who refers to Jimmy Wales.Ĭonstant reference occurs when an expression always refers to the same thing, regardless of context. Barack Obama refers to the first black president of the United States. For example, Wikibooks refers to the website where you can find this book.
Reference refers to what an expression refers to in the real world. The conceptual meaning of concise is expressed in few words, but concise being a good thing is part of the associative meaning. These associations vary from person to person. The associative meaning might be pirates, shipwreck, storms, battle and so on. The conceptual meaning of the word sea is something that is large, filled with saltwater, and so on. There are two types of meaning: conceptual meaning and associative meaning.
