Of a number of my idiolect giving a meaning to the piece.

I. (of a # of)

"there are tools like a hammer or a screwdriver which can be used by one person; and there are tools like a steamship which require the cooperative activity of a number of persons to use."

II. (my idiolect)

"elm in my idiolect has a different extension from beech in your idiolect"

III. (giving a meaning)

"Let W1 and W2 be two possible worlds in which I exist and in which this glass exists and in which I am giving a meaning explanation by pointing to this glass and saying This is water."

IV. (to the piece)

"water is whatever bears a certain equivalence relation to the piece of liquid referred to as this in the actual world."


(from Hilary Putnam's 1973 APA talk on "Meaning and Reference")