10 Owen—Meaning and Function of Thought■ Connectives. 
are in the hearer’s mind. Otherwise it would be impossible for 
the hearer to make a thought-structure identical with that of 
the speaker. He would simply be unable to build completely 
without complete materials. 
On the other hand, at the end of the sentence, when the 
thought-structure has been completed, it and its elements are al¬ 
lowed to disappear from immediate attention. This disappear¬ 
ance is indeed necessary to the reception of another thought. 
That such is the fact may be shown by any somewhat complex 
example; e. g. 348-^-6 = 58. The elements of this judgment 
or equivalents thereof are held by the hearer till the total judg¬ 
ment is received. Suppose, now, that this first statement is 
succeeded by the following: 32X 17 = 544. It is plainly im¬ 
practicable to form the second thought-structure, so long as any 
elements of the former are still in immediate attention. 
Applying these principles to a verbal statement, let the for¬ 
mer example serve. “ I met Brown to-day. ” When the hearer 
has formed the thought-structure expressed by these words, all 
the ideas therein contained are allowed to disappear from imme¬ 
diate attention. But they do not disappear beyond recall. This 
may be shown by an extension of the above example. “ I met 
Brown to-day. He was in excellent health. ” In the second 
sentence it is very evident that the word “ he ” recalls to the 
hearer’s mind the idea which had been initially presented by the 
word “ Brown. ” This action of the word “ he ” is what is meant 
by reinstative symbolization. 
Recalling now what was said of the symbolizing process, and 
bearing in mind not only words but also word-endings (etc.), I 
offer, as at least intelligible, the following list of 
POSSIBLE WORD-VALUES. 
I. Structural. — Words stand for the ideas or materials of which 
a thought is constructed. These are 
a. First, last, and mid-term. 
b. Adjuncts (direct or indirect) of any of these. 
IT. Non-Structural. — Word-values in this case are 
a. Instructional (helps to put materials rightly together) 
further distinguishable as 
