The question which now arises is this: "What more can be said about the distinction between the cases where we should say that the word is applied in a natural sense and the cases where we should say that the word is applied in an nonnatural sense?" Asking this question will not of course prohibit us from trying to give an explanation of "meaning,," in terms of one or another natural sense of "mean." This question about the distinction between natural and non- natural meaning is, I think, what people are getting at when they display an interest in a distinction between "natural" and "conventional" signs. But I think my formulation is better. For some things which can mean,, something are not signs (e.g., words are not), and some are not conventional in any ordinary sense (e.g., certain gestures) ;while some things which mean naturally are not signs of what they mean (cf. the recent budget example).

 The question which now arises

is this: "What more can be said about the distinction between the

cases where we should say that the word is applied in a natural

sense and the cases where we should say that the word is applied

in an nonnatural sense?" Asking this question will not of course

prohibit us from trying to give an explanation of "meaning,,"

in terms of one or another natural sense of "mean."

This question about the distinction between natural and non-

natural meaning is, I think, what people are getting at when

they display an interest in a distinction between "natural" and

"conventional" signs. But I think my formulation is better. For

some things which can mean,, something are not signs (e.g., words

are not), and some are not conventional in any ordinary sense

(e.g., certain gestures) ;while some things which mean naturally

are not signs of what they mean (cf. the recent budget example).

The question which now arises  is this: "What more can be said about the distinction between the  cases where we should say that the word is applied in a natural  sense and the cases where we should say that the word is applied  in an nonnatural sense?" Asking this question will not of course  prohibit us from trying to give an explanation of "meaning,,"  in terms of one or another natural sense of "mean."  This question about the distinction between natural and non-  natural meaning is, I think, what people are getting at when  they display an interest in a distinction between "natural" and  "conventional" signs. But I think my formulation is better. For  some things which can mean,, something are not signs (e.g., words  are not), and some are not conventional in any ordinary sense  (e.g., certain gestures) ;while some things which mean naturally  are not signs of what they mean (cf. the recent budget example).