the question "what do you call it?" ie taxonomy in [[biology]] most language, arguably every [[lexico|word]], is *perspective*-dependent / [[qualia|subjective]] / [[metaphor]]ical: as we [[language acquisition|learn]] a new [[symbol]] (ie [[lexico|word]]): we are [[represent]]ation learning the human *perspective* associated to that symbol. seems obvious yet also pretty [[linguistic relativity]] / [[postmodern]] take makes point-and-name an implausible source of [[word acquisition]]. how to tell *what* exactly is being denoted by the pointing? eg could refer to the same event as running / fleeing / moving / surviving; the same object as a car / toy / Volkswagen; or even broader use of [[metonymy]] / [[metonymy|synecdoche]] / [[metaphor]] / [[poetry|figurative]] language or even any applicable [[predicate]] to the object (actions, properties, etc)