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Preface

I. Introduction

1.The Problem of Language

2.The Object of Study

3.Novelty and Tradition: Cinderella’s Slipper

4.Overview

II. Language and Representation

1.Reference and Representation

2.Levels and Forms of Representation: A Model

3.Problems of Linguistic Representation

4.Universal Languages: Unwitting Linguistic Theories of Representation

III. What Is a Language?

1.Three Perspectives

2.Formal Criteria for Human Language

3.Modes of Linguistic Representation

IV. Functional Perspectives on Language

1.What Is a Functional Perspective?

2.The Problem of Diversity

3.Complications: Classification and Methodology

V. Spoken Language

1.Factoring Out Speech from Other Auditory Representation

2.Classification of Spoken Languages

3.Sublanguages

4.Trade Jargons and Pidgins

VI. Written Language

1.Factoring Out Writing from Other Durable Visual Representation

2.Classification of Written Language

3.Uses of Written Language

4.Phoneticism and Pictorial Writing

VII. Sign Language

1.Factoring Out Sign Language From Other Ephemeral Visual Representation

2.Classification of Sign Languages

3.Prolegomena to a Functional Typology of Signing Systems

4.Iconicity and the Learning of Sign Language

VIII. Coda

BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOTES

AUTHOR INDEX

SUBJECT INDEX

COLOR PLATES FROM THE CODEX NUTTALL AND THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY BETWEEN PAGES 162 AND 163.

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