Contextually variable signals can be functionally referential

- We offer a new definition of functional reference that highlights the role of contextual cues.
- The same signal can functionally refer to different things depending on contextual cues.
- Signals can be weakly correlated with what they functionally refer to.
- We distinguish two notions of meaning: meaning as correlation and meaning as reference.
- We compare and contrast our account with Wheeler and Fischer's (2012) meaning-based proposal.