Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of Figures xi
4. 1. English Illocutionary History: A Methodological Introduction 1
5. 2. Flyting and Sounding the Agonistic Insult 15
6. 3. Rationalist Prescriptions for Shall and Will 41
7. 4. The Expanding Discourse of the English Promise 57
8. 5. Subjectification in the Common Curse 73
9. 6. Good-bye: The Pragmatic Reanalysis of the Close 95
10. 7. It’s Nothing to be Sneezed At: Discursization in the Polite Bless You! 119
11. 8. Extra-Linguistic Contexts for Illocutionary Change 139
12. Notes 155
13. References 165
14. Index 183