“But, in that game, do names || signs that have never been used for a tool have meaning as well || too || have meaning also which have never been used for a tool?” Let's suppose that “X” is such a sign || mark || sign and A gives || shows this sign || it to B. – Well, such a sign might be included in the language game, and B might be supposed, say, to answer it || Such signs || Signs of this sort may also be embodied in our language game, and B expected to answer them also by shaking his head. One might || may e.g. imagine this as || to be a way the two of them had of amusing themselves. || of making their work more pleasant.

(2015–) Wittgenstein Source Bergen Nachlass Edition (WS-BNE). Edited by the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen under the direction of Alois Pichler. In: Wittgenstein Source, curated by Alois Pichler (2009–) and Joseph Wang-Kathrein (2020–). (N) Bergen: WAB.



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