ABSTRACT
The notion of meaning is viewed differently by different disciplines. The linguist, the philosopher, and the psychologist each views the concept in some unique way, though all agree that meaning is a kind of relation, as Ogden and Richards (1923/1956) first pointed out, among mind, object, and word. The differences in viewpoint come down to what pair of terms in this triadic relation are emphasized. The interest of the linguist, for example, centers on what might be called lexical meaning, the conventional and arbitrary relation between a word and its referent.
