Language (Paperback)

1. Introduction; 2. Plato on understanding language David Bostock; 3. Cratylus' theory of names and its refutation Bernard Williams; 4. Aristotle on names and their signification David Charles; 5. Epicurus on mind and language Stephen Everson; 6. The Stoic notion of a lekton Michael Frede; 7. Parrots, Pyrrhonists and native speakers David K. Glidden; 8. Analogy, anomaly and Apollonius Dyscolus David Blank; 9. Usage and abusage: Galen on language R. J. Hankinson; 10. Augustine on the nature of speech Christopher Kirwan; 11. The verb 'to be' in Greek philosophy: some remarks Lesley Brown.