Part One The Nature of Language 1
1 Following a Rule Ludwig Wittgenstein 4
2 Performatives and Constatives John Austin 22
3 Subjectivity in Language Emile Benveniste 29
4 What Is Vague Language? Joanna Channell 37
5 What Language Is Derek Bickerton 56
Part Two Language and Meaning 83
6 On Sense and Reference Gottlob Frege 86
7 Meaning as Use Ludwig Wittgenstein 107
8 Meaning Paul Grice 117
9 Indeterminacy of Translation Willard Van Orman Quine 127
10 Metaphor Richard Moran 135
Part Three Language and Reality 159
11 Naming and Necessity Saul Kripke 162
12 Nelson Goodman's Worlds Jerome Bruner 170
13 The Role of Language:A Foundation for a Social Perspective on Invention Karen Burke LeFevre 181
14 Theories of Truth Ralph C.S.Walker 206
15 Worldmaking Michael Devitt and Kim Sterelny 230
Part Four Language and Thinking 243
16 The Genetic Roots of Thought and Speech Lev Vygotsky 246
17 Thinking Ludwig Wittgenstein 266
18 Language and Intelligence Derek Bickerton 278
19 Prototype Categories:I John R.Taylor 294
Part Five Language and Mind 312
20 Concepts of Language Noam Chomsky 315
21 Mind Design Steven Pinker 345
22 Language and Consciousness Derek Bickerton 369
Part Six Language and Evolution 388
23 Language and Evolution Derek Bickerton 390
24 The Family Tree:The Evolutionary Background Jean Aitchison 429
25 Thinking in Language?Evolution and a Modularist Possibility Peter Carruthers 443
Part Seven Language and Human Behavior 469
26 Man at the Mercy of Language Peter Farb 471
27 The Synthesis of Cultural Linguistics Gary B.Palmer 487
28 Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On Terrence W. Deacon 498
Part Eight Language and Education 529
29 The Development of Scientific Concepts in Childhood:The Design of a Working Hypothesis Lev Vygotsky 531
30 The Language of Education Jerome Bruner 578