e, so it would help me to understand you from this
&gt;     point on if you could confirm, deny, correct, or refine
&gt;     this impression of mine.  I realize that this question
&gt;     has become a little bit clouded in recent times by the
&gt;     appearance of a self-decribed &quot;denotational semantics&quot;,
&gt;     but let's not be distracted by that -- what I mean by
&gt;     &quot;denotation&quot; is the sign-to-object face of a triadic
&gt;     sign relation.
&gt; 
&gt; 2.  On a related note, 