The relationship by which language hooks onto the world is usually called reference(所指) Roughly, a terms reference is the object it refers to and its sense(aafa) is the way in which it refers to that object For instance, the reference of the American president is Barack Obama, but the sense of the expression may be the“ highest executive office”The relationship by which language hooks onto the world is usually called reference(所指）. Roughly, a term’s reference is the object it refers to and its sense(能指) is the way in which it refers to that object. For instance, the reference of the American president is Barack Obama, but the sense of the expression may be the “highest executive office