Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Barriers To The Study Of Communication -- Chapter 2 Information And Intelligibility -- Chapter 3 Systems And Structures -- Chapter 4 Communicative Behaviour -- Chapter 5 Signification -- Chapter 6 The Origins And Evolution Of Sign-Types -- Chapter 7 Sense Relations And The Linguistic Sign -- Chapter 8 Deceit And Misrepresentation -- Chapter 9 Scrutiny And Display -- Chapter 10 Culture, Communication And Control -- Chapter 11 Images, Imaginings And Identities -- Chapter 12 Structure And Function In Language -- Chapter 13 Texts And Discourses -- Chapter 14 Approaching Rational Discourse -- Chapter 15 Knowledge And Explanation -- Bibliography -- Index Of Subjects -- Index Of Names -- Backmatter