Ring Word and Object, Quine nunasin majeng pangwacen antuk ngelingang kahanan ring dija ipun kaarepang sareng pupulan krama adat sané sadurungnyané nénten kadokumentasiang, irika ipun patut mautsaha ngresepang panikan miwah solah angga sané kasinahang olih anggota pupulan krama punika.
In Word and Object, Quine asks readers to imagine a situation in which they are confronted with a previously undocumented, group of indigenous people where they must attempt to make sense of the utterances and gestures that its members make.