Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Chapter 1. A Pragmatic Perspective on Press Releases 1
5. Chapter 2. Projected Discourse 46
6. Chapter 3. Self-Reference in Press Releases 84
7. Chapter 4. Self-Quotation in Press Releases 140
8. Chapter 5. The Functions of self-Quotation in Press Releases 183
9. Chapter 6. Explicit semi-Performatives in Press Releases 245
10. Chapter 7. A Case Study of the Valdez Corpus 280
11. Chapter 8. Conclusions and Perspective 304
12. Appendix 315
13. Notes 359
14. References 388
15. Author Index 418
16. Subject Index 424