26 Speech Acts

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 On Nouns 5
6. 2 Premodification in the Noun Phrase 13
7. 3 On Adjectives 21
8. 4 On Definite and Indefinite Articles 29
9. 5 Personal Pronouns 35
10. 6 Prepositional Phrases 43
11. 7 On Verbs: Tense 49
12. 8 Phrasal Verbs 57
13. 9 Auxiliary Verbs 63
14. 10 Auxiliary Verb do 71
15. 11 Modal Auxiliary Verbs 77
16. 12 On Aspect 87
17. 13 Adverbs 95
18. 14 Adverbials 105
19. 15 On Clauses 117
20. 16 On Clauses: Coordinators and Subordinators 125
21. 17 On Clauses: Relative Pronouns 131
22. 18 -ing forms 141
23. 19 On Anaphora 149
24. 20 On Cataphora 153
25. 21 End Focus and Endweight 159
26. 22 Collocation and Colligation 167
27. 23 Cohesion and Coherence 173
28. 24 Deixis 181
29. 25 Conversational Implicatures 191
30. 26 Speech Acts 199
31. Primary Sources 205
32. References 207