Language and Meaning -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- dedication -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Saussurean structuralism -- 2. Aspect -- Aspect in Russian -- Aspect in German -- 3. The passive -- The passive in Russian -- The passive in German -- Methodological implications -- 4. Generative grammar -- 4.1. Minimalism -- 4.2. Critique of Minimalism and generative grammar -- 4.3. The equivocation of form and notation -- 4.4. Lexical-Functional Grammar -- 4.5. Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) -- 4.6. Formal semantics -- 4.7. Connectionism -- 4.8. Steven Pinker as a descriptivist -- 4.9. The mathematical, model-building approach in other disciplines: Physics -- 4.10. Labelling the product -- 5. Tense and irregular verbs -- Irregular verbs in German -- Irregular verbs in Russian -- 6. Text grammar -- 7. The method of lexical exceptions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Glossary of aspect terms -- Name index -- Subject index -- The series Studies In Functional And Structural Linguistics.