in natural language), and "a, b, c, d" as numerals. An example of its use: builder A says "d — slab — there" and points, and builder B counts four slabs, "a, b, c, d..." and moves them to the place pointed to by A. The builder's language is an activity into which is woven something we would recognize as language, but in a simpler form. This language-game resembles the simple forms of language taught to children, and Wittgenstein asks that we conceive of it as "a complete primitive language" for a tribe of builders. See also References Sources Further reading Andrey Pukhaev (2022), "Understanding Wittgenstein's positive philosophy through language-games: Giving philosophy peace", in Philosophical Investigations Nicolas Xanthos (2006), "Wittgenstein's Language Games", in Louis Hébert (dir.), Signo (online), Rimouski (Quebec, Canada) Philosophical Investigations Language-games and Family Resemblance A description of language-games in the entry for Ludwig Wittgenstein in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Logico-linguistic modeling. This is an application of the language-game concept in the area of information systems and knowledge-based system design. Jesús Padilla Gálvez & Margit Gaffal (Eds.) (2013). Forms of Life and Language Games. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2013. Philosophy of language Analytic philosophy Ludwig Wittgenstein