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For me, this is probably the most concise statement that I have found which sums up the relationship between philosophy and language. It is quoted from an interview by Robert Harrison in 2005, which happens to be available on iTunesU:

There are stories—historical narratives—to be told about the emergence of various discourses. My view is that when you’ve told the story about how the discourse emerged you’ve told everything—you’ve found out everything there is to know about the nature of mind, the nature of matter, the nature of God, stuff like that. There isn’t a further question about “Yeah, but what are they really?” All that there is to know is the story of how the words are used.

—Richard Rorty