Associations to the word «Referent»
Noun
- Pronoun
- Noun
- Hearer
- Discourse
- Antecedent
- Predicate
- Semantics
- Signified
- Np
- Utterance
- Connotation
- Singular
- Accessibility
- Semantic
- Possessor
- Clause
- Verb
- Deference
- Sentence
- Kaplan
- Context
- Proposition
- Speaker
- Entity
- Syntax
- Meaning
- Indexing
- Locus
- Phrase
- Symbol
- Correlate
- Suffix
- Coherence
- Gender
- Adjective
- Ambiguity
- Representation
- Linguistic
- Inference
- Mapping
- Phoneme
- Inflection
- Linguistics
- Catalonia
- Expression
- Cognition
- Object
- Phosphorus
- Distinction
Adjective
- Semantic
- Grammatical
- Indefinite
- Plural
- Syntactic
- Lexical
- Causal
- Pragmatic
- Identifiable
- Definite
- Linguistic
- Nominal
- Observable
- Singular
- Salient
- Implicit
- Textual
- Contextual
- Masculine
- Iconic
- Cf
- Descriptive
- Restrictive
- Indirect
- Meaningless
- Spatial
- Arbitrary
- Symbolic
- Unspecified
- Intentional
- Absent
- Perceptual
- Topical
- Abstract
- Verbal
- Distal
- Meaning
- Ambiguous
- Unreal
- Temporal
- Token
- Feminine
- Distinguishing
- Cognitive
- Relative
Wiktionary
REFERENT, noun. (semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.
REFERENT, noun. That which is referenced.
Dictionary definition
REFERENT, noun. Something referred to; the object of a reference.
REFERENT, noun. The first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate.
REFERENT, noun. Something that refers; a term that refers to another term.
REFERENT, adjective. Having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.