Posted: Mar 19, 2014 3:39 pm
I have doubts about how do linguists (nowadays) define and use these terms: concept, meaning, reference (and some other related terms). What's the degree of consensus or disensus in the definitions and usage of these terms? Can someone mention one (or more) definition of each term? In which cases (if any) do linguists say that a word doesn't have a concept, a meaning, or a reference?