Preface: Why Through a Looking Glass?
Introduction: So, You are a Linguist. . .
1. What Language is For
2. The Tower of Babel
3. Pink Elephants
4. The Canny Canner
5. Anti-dis-establish-ment-arian-ism
6. Did You Say Pig or Fig?
7. Words as Signs
8. A Rose By Any Other Name
9. The Incredible Lightness of Meaning
10. The House that Jack Built
11. Green Ideas
12. Murdering Time
13. The Miser and the Prodigal Son
14. Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Conclusion