CHARLES S. PEIRCE AND THE LINGUISTIC SIGN -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Notes to the Introduction -- Chapter One. The Sign, Semiosis, and Pragmatism -- Phenomenological Categories -- Semiotic -- The Semiotic Triad -- Sign -- Object -- Interpretant -- Semiosis -- Pragmatic Theory of Meaning -- Pragmatic Theory of Truth -- Pragmatics and Semiotic -- Ideational and Behavioral Theories of Meaning -- Notes to Chapter One -- Chapter Two. Sign Typology -- Ground of Representation -- Mixed Grounding -- Genuine vs. Degenerate Triads -- Icon -- Index -- Symbol -- Sign Types and Reasoning -- Notes to Chapter Two -- Chapter Three. Lexical Icons -- The Arbitrariness Principle -- Diagrammatic Iconicity -- Imaginai iconicity -- Homonymy and Iconicity -- Regression in Lexical Iconicity -- Notes to Chapter Three -- Chapter Four. Lexical Indices -- Onomatopoeic Indices -- Diachronic Nature of Indexicality -- Infantile Lexical Indices -- Gestural Indices -- Cross-modal Indices -- Notes to Chapter Four -- Chapter Five. Sound Symbolism -- Defining Sound Symbolism -- Analytical List of Relevant Phenomena -- Five Approaches to the Data -- Conclusion -- Strategies for Further Investigation -- Notes to Chapter Five -- Selected Bibliography -- INDEX.