Two possible approaches of the philosophy of language

In general, there are two possible approaches to the problem of meaning, which are not necessarily incompatible: either we start from the expressive function of language, that is to say from the relationship of words to ideas that they are supposed to communicate; either we start from the representative function of language, that is to say from the relationship of words to things or to reality.

https://www.setthings.com/en/two-possible-approaches-of-the-philosophy-of-language/