The meaning of a word consists of a set or bundle of distinctive features that makes possible reference; thus, meaning makes reference possible. It is from observing the range of reference of a symbol that we normally determine its meaning. But before pursuing the specifics of “how words mean,” we should further clarify a few methodological issues. D. Crystal said, “Semantics, for the linguist, must be primarily concerned with problems of how the semantic system hypothesized for a language is organized,