Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Dedication v
3. Table of contents vii
4. List of tables xiii
5. List of figures xix
6. Preface and acknowledgements xxi
7. Chapter 1 Introduction 1
8. Chapter 2 Local grammar 17
9. Chapter 3 A local grammar approach to speech act annotation 46
10. Chapter 4 Developing local grammars of speech acts 72
11. Chapter 5 A local grammar approach to identifying speech act constructions 103
12. Chapter 6 A local grammar approach to diachronic speech act analysis 128
13. Chapter 7 A local grammar approach to contrastive speech act analysis 153
14. Chapter 8 Conclusion 180
15. References 197
16. Appendix 1.   214
17. Appendix 2.   215
18. Name index 219
19. Subject index 223