DESIDERATA
For a theory of meaning
The present King of France is bald. [meaningful and false]
The round square does not exist. [meaningful and true]
Santa Claus brings toys to some girls and boys.
The morning star is the evening star. [informative]
The morning star is the morning star. [not informative]
Karen believes that Mark Twain is an author. [opaque contexts]
Karen believes that Samuel Clemens is an author.
Go home, Francis! [Imperatives]
Is Francis going home? [interrogatives]
Can you pass the sugar? [indirect speech act]
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
 Children learning languages
 Translation
 Deaf people
 Developmentally challenged
 Pathological studies
 Artists/scientists
 Having an idea and fumbling for how to put it into words
 Handling mental representations and rotations