Contributions

  • Saltarelli, Mario - Contributor

Publication

2014 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

55,250 words, Guess

Page Count

221 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781107005808
  • ISBN-101107005809
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013023444
  • OCLC Control Number852488392
  • Better World Books9781107005808
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Classifications

  • DDC415/.6
  • LCCP281 .A44 2014

Description

"The imperative clause is one of three major sentence types that have been found to be universal across the languages of the world. Compared to declaratives and interrogatives, the imperative type has received diverse analyses in the literature. This cutting-edge study puts forward a new linguistic theory of imperatives, arguing that categories of the speech act, specifically Speaker and Addressee, are conceptually necessary for an adequate syntactic account. The book offers compelling empirical and descriptive evidence by surveying new typological data in critical assessment of competing hypotheses towards an indexical syntax of human language. An engaging read for students and researchers interested in linguistics, philosophy and the syntax of language"--

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  • The syntax of imperativesCambridge University Press2014

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