TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arnovick,Leslie K.
TI  - Diachronic pragmatics: seven case studies in English illocutionary development 
T2  - Pragmatics & beyond,
SN  - 1556199465
AV  - PE1422. A76 1999
U1  - 420.141 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - John Benjamins Pub.
KW  - English language
KW  - Discourse analysis
KW  - Grammar, Historical
KW  - Spoken English
KW  - Speech acts (Linguistics)
KW  - Pragmatics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-181) and index; List of Figures --; Ch. 1; English Illocutionary History: A Methodological Introduction --; Ch. 2; Flyting and Sounding the Agonistic Insult --; Ch. 3; Rationalist Prescriptions for Shall and Will --; Ch. 4; The Expanding Discourse of the English Promise --; Ch. 5; Subjectification in the Common Curse --; Ch. 6; Good-bye: The Pragmatic Reanalysis of the Close --; Ch. 7; It's Nothing to be Sneezed At: Discursization in the Polite Bless You! --; Ch. 8; Extra-Linguistic Contexts for Illocutionary Change --; Notes --; References --; Index
ER  -