Ryan M. Nefdt is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. He works in the broad area of cognitive science with a specialisation in the philosophy of linguistics. Notable publications include Language, Science, and Structure (OUP, 2023).

• List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. What is a possible human language?; 3. Syntactic metatheory; 4. The science of semantics; 5. Context and pragmatics; 6. Signs, sounds, action!; 7. Computational approaches to language; 8. Language and evolution; 9. Conclusion; References.

Ryan M. Nefdt is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. He works in the broad area of cognitive science with a specialisation in the philosophy of linguistics. Notable publications include Language, Science, and Structure (OUP, 2023).

• List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. What is a possible human language?; 3. Syntactic metatheory; 4. The science of semantics; 5. Context and pragmatics; 6. Signs, sounds, action!; 7. Computational approaches to language; 8. Language and evolution; 9. Conclusion; References.

Ryan M. Nefdt is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. He works in the broad area of cognitive science with a specialisation in the philosophy of linguistics. Notable publications include Language, Science, and Structure (OUP, 2023).

• List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. What is a possible human language?; 3. Syntactic metatheory; 4. The science of semantics; 5. Context and pragmatics; 6. Signs, sounds, action!; 7. Computational approaches to language; 8. Language and evolution; 9. Conclusion; References.