Diachronic pragmatics seven case studies in English illocutionary development - Arnovick, Leslie K., 1957-; ebrary, Inc. (Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 1999)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-181) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: English language -- Discourse analysis; English language -- Grammar, Historical; English language -- Spoken English; Pragmatics; Speech acts (Linguistics); Electronic books