Bycreatingcertainmarksonpaper,orbymakingcertainsounds-breathingpastamovingtongue-orbyarticulationofhandsandbodies,languageuserscangiveexpressiontotheirmentallives.Withlanguagewecommand,assert,query,emote,insult,andinspire.Languagehasmeaning.Thisfactcanbequitemystifying,yetascienceoflinguisticmeaning-semantics-hasemergedattheintersectionofavarietyofdisciplines:philosophy,linguistics,computerscience,andpsychology.