Diachronic pragmatics : seven case studies in English illocutionary development

1. List of Figures; 2. 1. English Illocutionary History: A Methodological Introduction; 3. 2. Flyting and Sounding the Agonistic Insult; 4. 3. Rationalist Prescriptions for Shall and Will; 5. 4. The Expanding Discourse of the English Promise; 6. 5. Subjectification in the Common Curse; 7. 6. Good-bye: The Pragmatic Reanalysis of the Close; 8. 7. It's Nothing to be Sneezed At: Discursization in the Polite Bless You!; 9. 8. Extra-Linguistic Contexts for Illocutionary Change; 10. Notes; 11. References; 12. Index