Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Speech-act theory 17
6. Grice and communication 37
7. Relevance Theory 59
8. Sentence adverbials 97
9. Parentheticals 119
10. Evidential particles 161
11. Conclusions 195
12. Notes 203
13. Bibliography 207
14. Name Index 217
15. Subject Index 221