What It All Means: Semantics for (Almost) EverythingHow meaning worksfrom monkey calls to human language, from spoken language to sign language, from gestures to musicand how meaning is connected to truth. We communicate through language, connecting what we mean to the words we say. But humans convey meaning in other ways as well, with facial expressions, hand gestures, and other methods. Animals, too, can get their meanings across without words. In What It All Means, linguist Philippe Schlenker