1. Unity in diversity and the nature of linguistics, Aleksi Makilahde & Tommi Alho, Part I: Understanding language as an object of research,
2. Language and ontology T. Givon,
3. Analogy as the core of language Philippe Monneret,
4. From the linguistic sign to cultural models Adam Głaz,
5. Meaning and use: Remarks on Esa Itkonen’s theory of meaning Klaas Willems, Part II: Methodological questions in the subdisciplines of linguistics,
6. A nonpsychological realist conception of linguistic rules ? take 2 Michael B. Kac,
7. Rationality and Conversation Analysis Tapani Mottonen,
8. Thought experimentational pragmatics and imagination as a normative concept Andras Kertesz,
9. Analogy and analogical change Mikhail Voronov, Part III: Perspectives from the history of linguistics,
10. Foundations for a hermeneutic philosophy of the human sciences: Coseriu’s and Itkonen’s metatheoretical approaches to linguistics Araceli Lopez Serena,
11. The human mind and the theory of language: Discussion of the relationship between language and the human mind in 20th-century linguistics Urpo Nikanne,
12. The historical roots of the apparent time method Mikko Laasanen,
13. Analogy in the French lexicographic tradition (17th?19th centuries): Concept, definition, discursive background Carita Klippi, Part IV: Typological and empirical perspectives,
14. Zero-marking of evidentiality Seppo Kittila,
15. Degrammaticalization drift in North Saami Jussi Ylikoski,
16. Processing transitivity in reading Finnish: The role of the lexicon and the primacy problem Seppo Vainio, Anneli Pajunen, Jukka Hyona & Raymond Bertram, Index