Imperatives and commands

by Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡., (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)

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This is the first cross-linguistic study of imperatives, and commands of other kinds, across the world's languages. It makes a significant and original contribution to the understanding of their morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics. The author discusses the role imperatives and commands play in human cognition and how they are deployed in different cultures, and in doing so offers fresh insights on patterns of human interaction and communcation. Alexandra Aikhenvald…

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Full title :Imperatives and commands / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.

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Publication Date:©2010.

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

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Description:1 online resource (xx, 500 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9780191548925, 0191548928
oclc:ocn806953198
LC Classification:P281
Dewey Decimal:415

Plea; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Tables, diagram, figures, and schemes; 1. Imperatives and commands: setting the scene; 1.1 Imperatives and commands; 1.2 What imperatives are good for; 1.3 The plan of this book; 1.4 The empirical basis, and conventions; 2. Imperatives worldwide; 2.1 Canonical imperatives; 2.1.1 Imperatives with a singular addressee; 2.1.2 Addressing more than one person; 2.1.3 Further issues in imperative formation; 2.1.4 Non-imperative forms in commands; 2.1.5 Markedness and iconicity in canonical imperatives.

2.2 Expressing non-canonical imperatives2.2.1 Canonical and non-canonical imperatives as part of one paradigm; 2.2.2 Canonical versus non-canonical imperatives; 2.2.3 Overlap in forms of canonical and non-canonical imperatives; 2.2.4 Different forms for canonical and for each of the non-canonical imperatives; 2.3 Imperative and person in English; 2.3.1 The canonical imperative and its addressees; 2.3.2 Analytic non-canonical imperatives; 2.3.3 Additional options for third person commands; 2.3.4 Canonical and non-canonical imperatives in English: a summary.

2.4 Person-specific meanings of imperatives2.5 Imperatives and their addressees: c…

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Aufforderungssatz Gebiedende wijs Grammar, Comparative and general -- Imp… Impératif (Linguistique) Imperativ Kontrastive Linguistik LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar … LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist…