Cover -- Contents XI -- List of Tables XV -- List of Figures XVII -- List of Abbreviations XIX -- 1. Introduction 1 -- 1.1 Scope and content of the present study 3 -- 1.2 Corpus and data 7 -- 2. A Cognitive Approach to Illocution 15 -- 2.1 Conceptual representation in cognitive accounts 18 -- 2.2 A critical revision of cognitive grammar approaches 23 -- 2.2.1 Cognitive Grammar 25 -- 2.2.2 Construction Grammar 29 -- 2.2.3 The Goldbergian approach 33 -- 2.2.4 Radical Construction Grammar 38 -- 2.2.5 Embodied Construction Grammar 41 -- 2.2.6 Final considerations 43 -- 2.3 An overview of the lexical constructional model as a theoretical framework 45 -- 2.3.1 The architecture of the LCM 45 -- 2.3.2 Lexical and constructional representation 49 -- 2.3.2.1 Lexical templates 50 -- 2.3.2.2 Constructional templates 52 -- 2.3.3 The pragmatic dimension of constructional meaning 53 -- 2.3.3.1 Implicational constructions 54 -- 2.3.3.2 Illocutionary constructions 58 -- 2.3.3.3 Discourse constructions 61 -- 2.3.4 Cognitive constraints on meaning construction 64 -- 2.3.4.1 Cued inferencing 64 -- 2.3.4.2 Subsumption 68 -- 2.3.5 Conclusion 72 -- 2.4 Building an integrated approach to illocutionary meaning 73 -- 2.4.1 Illocutionary scenarios 75 -- 2.4.2 Refinements on the notion of illocutionary scenario 77 -- 2.4.3 Illocutionary constructions 82 -- 2.4.4 Towards a new view of illocutionary constructions 87 -- 2.4.5 Developing a constructional model for the description of illocution 89 -- 2.4.5.1 High-level situational cognitive models 89 -- 2.4.5.2 Constructional realizations 91 -- 3. The Speech Act of Ordering 95 -- 3.1 The semantics of ordering 95 -- 3.2 Realization procedures for ordering 101 -- 3.2.1 Imperative order constructions 102 -- 3.2.2 Declarative order constructions 105 -- 3.2.3 Interrogative order constructions 111.

3.2.4 Generalizations on constructions for ordering 114 -- 4. The Speech Act of Requesting 115 -- 4.1 The semantics of requesting 115 -- 4.2 Realization procedures for requesting 120 -- 4.2.1 Interrogative request constructions 121 -- 4.2.2 Imperative request constructions 128 -- 4.2.3 Declarative request constructions 131 -- 4.2.4 Generalizations on constructions for requesting 135 -- 5. The Speech Act of Advising 137 -- 5.1 The semantics of advising 137 -- 5.2 Realization procedures for advising 142 -- 5.2.1 Imperative advising constructions 142 -- 5.2.2 Declarative advising constructions 144 -- 5.2.3 Interrogative advising constructions 152 -- 5.2.4 Generalizations on constructions for advising 154 -- 6. The Speech Act of Offering 157 -- 6.1 The semantics of offering 157 -- 6.2 Realization procedures for offering 162 -- 6.2.1 Interrogative offer constructions 163 -- 6.2.2 Declarative offer constructions 170 -- 6.2.3 Imperative offer constructions 173 -- 6.2.4 Generalizations on constructions for offering 175 -- 7. The Speech Act of Promising 177 -- 7.1 The semantics of promising 177 -- 7.2 Realization procedures for promising 182 -- 7.2.1 Declarative promise constructions 183 -- 7.2.2 Generalization on constructions for promising 190 -- 8. The Speech Act of Threatening 191 -- 8.1 The semantics of threatening 191 -- 8.2 Realization procedures for threatening 196 -- 8.2.1 Declarative threat constructions 197 -- 8.2.2 Imperative threat constructions 203 -- 8.2.3 Interrogative threat constructions 205 -- 8.2.4 Generalizations on constructions for threatening 207 -- 9. The Speech Act of Congratulating 209 -- 9.1 The semantics of congratulating 209 -- 9.2 Realization procedures for congratulating 212 -- 9.2.1 Declarative congratulating constructions 213 -- 9.2.2 Interrogative congratulating constructions 221.

9.2.3 Imperative congratulating constructions 223 -- 9.2.4 Generalizations on constructions for congratulating 224 -- 10. The Speech Act of Thanking 225 -- 10.1 The semantics of thanking 225 -- 10.2 Realization procedures for thanking 230 -- 10.2.1 Declarative thanking constructions 231 -- 10.2.2 Interrogative thanking constructions 237 -- 10.2.3 Imperative thanking constructions 238 -- 10.2.4 Generalizations on constructions for thanking 239 -- 11. The Speech Act of Apologizing 241 -- 11.1 The semantics of apologizing 241 -- 11.2 Realization procedures for apologizing 245 -- 11.2.1 Declarative apologizing constructions 246 -- 11.2.2 Imperative apologizing constructions 253 -- 11.2.3 Interrogative apologizing constructions 256 -- 11.2.4 Generalizations on constructions for apologizing 258 -- 12. The Speech Act of Pardoning 259 -- 12.1 The semantics of pardoning 259 -- 12.2 Realization procedures for pardoning 264 -- 12.2.1 Declarative pardoning constructions 265 -- 12.2.2 Imperative pardoning constructions 274 -- 12.2.3 Generalizations on constructions for pardoning 276 -- 13. The Speech Act of Condoling 277 -- 13.1 The semantics of condoling 277 -- 13.2 Realization procedures for condoling 281 -- 13.2.1 Declarative condoling constructions 282 -- 13.2.2 Imperative condoling constructions 287 -- 13.2.3 Generalizations on constructions for condoling 290 -- 14. The Speech Act of Boasting 291 -- 14.1 The semantics of boasting 291 -- 14.2 Realization procedures for boasting 294 -- 14.2.1 Declarative boasting constructions 295 -- 14.2.2 Interrogative boasting constructions 303 -- 14.2.3 Imperative boasting constructions 304 -- 14.2.4 Generalizations on constructions for boasting 305 -- 15. Conclusion 307 -- References 315.