Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Symbols -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: the argument of this book -- Part I: Research programme -- Introduction -- 2. A Culturalistic Pragmatist research programme -- Part II: Grounding the linking competence in subcompetences -- Introduction -- 3. Perception, conceptualization, and action -- Part III: The linking competence -- Introduction -- 4. Linking syntax and semantics -- 5. Conclusion -- Glossary -- Appendix: The status of traditional semantic notions in the present theory -- References -- Subject index