SENSE isdifferent from reference
in that sense does not take care of
objects in the real world.
SENSE deals with the relationship
inside the language.
3.
Consider this extractfrom Wiktionary’s
entry on plane:
1. An airplane; an aeroplane
2. A level or flat surface
None of these are related to actual aeroplanes or flat
surfaces in the real world. They are senses. The sense of
an expression is its place in a system of semantic
relationships with other expression.
4.
Example: Achair (reference) A chair
is a piece of furniture with a raised
surface used to sit on, commonly for
use by one person. (Sense) Referring
is the act of picking out or identifying
with words.
5.
SENSE isthe more interesting part of
meaning. It refers to how we see an object or
the amount of information given about an
object.
The SENSE of a part of a language
(words/expression) is its place in a system of
semantic relationship with other expression in
a language.
Sense is something which doesn’t have a
physical existence.
6.
SENSE dealswith intra-linguistic relationships
“semantic relationships” — One of the
semantic relationship is “sameness of
meaning in words, phrases or sentences”
more than one word can have the same sense.
RULE: Every expression that has meaning has
sense, but NOT every expression that has
reference.
