摘要：In this paper we shall examine some recent developments in the study of reference, namely those which assumes a textual, interactive, social-cognitive view of the phenomenon, and point to new contributions that Fauconnier’s Mental Spaces ‘Theory can make to this study, focusing mostly the conceptual blending process. In addition, we reflect upon the consequences of this social-cognitive view to the rationalists’ theories of mind and language, as well as to current theory of knowledge and epistemological debates.
