【正确答案】正确答案：The Referential Theory may refer to the theory of meaning which relates the meaning of a word to the thing it refers to, or stands for.(2 points)In the semantic triangle, Ogden and Richards argue that the relation between a word and a thing it refers to is not direct. It is mediated by concept. In a diagram form, the relation is represented as follows;

【答案解析】解析：考查指称论(语义三角)。指称论是把词语的意义跟它指称或所代表的事物联系起来的理论。奥格登和理查兹在他们所提出的“语义三角”理论中提出，词和所指事物之间没有直接关系，他们是以概念为中介的。例如，当我们说desk是“读书写字时用的一种家具，有一个平面和四条腿”时，我们实际上是借助了书桌的概念。