In:Diachronic Pragmatics: Seven case studies in English illocutionary development
Leslie K. Arnovick
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 68] 2000
► pp. v–x
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Published online: 15 February 2000
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.68.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.68.toc
Table of contents
List of Figuresxi
1. English Illocutionary History: A Methodological Introduction1
2. Flyting and Sounding the Agonistic Insult15
3. Rationalist Prescriptions for Shall and Will41
4. The Expanding Discourse of the English Promise57
5. Subjectification in the Common Curse73
6. Good-bye: The Pragmatic Reanalysis of the Close95
7. It’s Nothing to be Sneezed At: Discursization in the Polite Bless You!119
8. Extra-Linguistic Contexts for Illocutionary Change139
Notes155
References165
Index183
