But pragmatism is an interpretive conception of law, not a semantic theory.

The semantic theory of truth has as its general case for a given language:

The system also needs a semantic theory to guide the comprehension.

The interpretation capabilities of a language understanding system depend on the semantic theory it uses.

At the time, he was developing a semantic theory based on sound symbolism, using the English gl-words as data.

There have been a number of semantic theories proposed.

The process of understanding needs to be based on a complete semantic theory and representation; recognition does not.

However, during the present project the limitations of the established semantic theories have become apparent.

However, there is another important reason why the established semantic theories are less relevant: they pursue the goal of understanding rather than recognition.

To what then, should the present project turn, for its semantic theories, principles, and data sources?