【正确答案】正确答案：Semantic triangle is a theory proposed by Ogden and Richards in The Meaning of Meaning, which argues 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;(2 points) This triangle cannot refer to the abstract concepts. Leech also uses sense as a briefer term for his conceptual meaning and we can say his conceptual meaning has two sides; sense and reference. To some extent, we can say every word has a sense, but not every word has a reference. What is more, it is not convenient to explain the meaning of a word in terms of the thing it refers to.(2 points) This theory can not explain everything. Though we can say every word has a sense, not every word has a reference, which means they don"t always refer to something. Grammatical words like but, if, and do not refer to anything.(1 point)

【答案解析】解析：考查语义三角。语义三角是由奥格登和理查兹在《意义的意义》一书中提出的，“语义三角”表明，词和所指事物之间没有直接关系，而是以抽象的概念为中介的。