Through reconstructing the basic argumem of extemalismabout mental content and comparing different versions of direct refer-ence theories, the purpose of this paper is to show that the main the-sis of extemalism is in fact independent of that of direct referencetheory.

This paper discusses the usage of the addressing words in Laoshe s drama,and divides the addressing words into direct addressing words and indirect addressing words from different perspectives,at the same time,a simple comparison is conducted through the structure features of the echoing words,whereas,in different context,the addressing words have its own uniqueness.

,structural hierarchy and syntactic positions of interfering referents.

There are two temporal forms in language,namely,the reflecting time and the referential time.