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This monograph deals with the 'aboutness' of language. First, the sense in which language 'is about' or 'reflects' both reality and a mental picture of reality is turned into a cornerstone of a reflectionist or 'Speculative Grammarian' semantics and pragmatics. Second, the 'Speculative Grammar' idea is made concrete in a logico-linguistic account of the way language 'is about' the whole of reality as well as about certain fractions of it. Third, the reflectionist perspective is used for a universalist account of the way speech acts 'are about' their subjects, topics, and foci.

Language and languages --- Speculative grammar --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Logic --- Philosophy --- Topic and comment --- Logic. --- Speculative grammar. --- Topic and comment. --- Philosophy. --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Grammar --- Pragmatics --- 801.56 --- 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Langage et langues --- Grammaire spéculative --- Sujet et prédicat --- Logique --- Philosophie --- Modistic grammar --- Latin language, Medieval and modern --- Scholasticism --- Argumentation --- Deduction (Logic) --- Deductive logic --- Dialectic (Logic) --- Logic, Deductive --- Intellect --- Psychology --- Science --- Reasoning --- Thought and thinking --- Functional sentence perspective (Grammar) --- Predicate and subject (Grammar) --- Subject and predicate (Grammar) --- Theme and rheme --- Topic and comment (Grammar) --- Focus (Linguistics) --- Methodology --- Subject and predicate --- Syntax --- Linguistics --- Philology