Diachronic pragmatics : seven case studies in English illocutionary development /
Leslie K. Arnovick.
- 191 pages ; 23 cm.
- Pragmatics & beyond, new ser. 68 0922-842X ; .
- Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 68. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-181) and index.
List of Figures -- English Illocutionary History: A Methodological Introduction -- Flyting and Sounding the Agonistic Insult -- Rationalist Prescriptions for Shall and Will -- The Expanding Discourse of the English Promise -- Subjectification in the Common Curse -- Good-bye: The Pragmatic Reanalysis of the Close -- It's Nothing to be Sneezed At: Discursization in the Polite Bless You! -- Extra-Linguistic Contexts for Illocutionary Change -- Notes -- References -- Index. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8.
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English language--Discourse analysis English language--Grammar, Historical English language--Spoken English Speech acts (Linguistics) Pragmatics.