i-iv -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CARROLL'S USE OF LANGUAGE AS A VEHICLE FOR PLAY -- 3. PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR: LEWIS CARROLL AND THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE -- 4. SIGNS -- 5. THE PROCESS OF CLASSIFICATION -- 6. NAMES -- 7. NOMINAL DEFINITION -- 8. AMBIGUITY -- 9. SOUND AND SENSE -- 10. WORD MAGIC -- 11. POSTSCRIPT -- APPENDIX A: CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CARROLL'S MAJOR WORKS -- APPENDIX ?: CRITIQUE OF A FRAGMENT OF SCHOOLBOY LATIN -- APPENDIX C: ANGLO-SAXON LETTERS: TOOKE AND CARROLL -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- 247-248