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.

Titel
What Do We Talk About When We Talk?
Untertitel
Speculative grammar and the semantics and pragmatics of focus
EAN
9789027280824
Format
PDF
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
9.5 MB
Anzahl Seiten
127