Talking about: a response to Bowker, Keiser, Michaelson.Elmar Unnsteinsson -2024 -Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 67 (8):2815-2845.detailsI respond to comments from Mark Bowker, Jessica Keiser, and Eliot Michaelson on my book, Talking About. The response clarifies my stance on the nature of reference, conflicting intentions, and the sense in which language may have proper functions.