WHAT DO WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK? Speculative grammar and the semantics and pragmatics of focus -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- 0. INTRODUCTIO -- 1. SPECULATIVE GRAMMAR -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Ontology -- 1.2 Philosophy of mind -- 1.2.1 Storing and interacting -- 1.2.2 Beliefs and desires -- 1.2.3 Consciousness and beliefs -- 1.2.4 Intentionality and desires -- 1.3 Semantics versus pragmatics -- 1.3.0 Introduction -- 1.3.1 Context-independence versus context-dependence -- 1.3.2 Truth versus appropriateness -- 1.3.3 Mental states versus conceptualizations -- 1.3.4 Genetic reflection and focus -- 1.4 An objection and a truism -- 2. FOCUS AND LOGIC -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 Logic and reflection -- 2.1.1 Logic as what logicians do -- 2.1.2 What philosophers of logic say -- 2.1.3 Anti-descriptivism and weak descriptivism -- 2.1.4 Strong descriptivism -- 2.2 Logic and focus -- 3. FOCUS AND SUBJECT-TOPIC RESEARCH -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Focus and its linguistic reflections -- 3.3 ASF languages -- 3.3.1 Introduction -- 3.3.2 SF -- 3.3.3 Agreement and asymmetry -- 3.3.4 Multiple-level SF -- 3.3.5 PF -- 3.3.6 SOA-PF -- 3,4 P-SF languages -- 3.4.1 Introduction -- 3.4.2 SF -- 3.4.3 Split ergativity -- 3.5. PF-SF languages -- 3.6. General conclusion -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES.