Signal, Sign, Logic

While Associationism might explain the connection of Sign and Signified, it inadequately characterizes the understanding of a Signal.  For, an occurrence of the latter entails more than an expectation that something else will follow; rather, it requires actualization, and, hence, instantiation, to 'understand' a green light is to move one's car.  Thus, the adequate response to a Signal entails Reasoning, i. e. the connection of something general with am instance.  But, so, too, does referring to the family pet as "dog", on the basis of acquaintance with the definition of 'dog'.  Hence, Frege's Sense-Reference relation is one of Universal to Particular, i. e. to refer is to subsume an object under a general concept.  Thus, Logic is more than the inner structure of Language, as some interpret it.  Rather, Language functions as a middle term in an extra-linguistic process, a role that is clearer in the case of a Signal than in that of a Sign.