Imperative Turns at Talk -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1. Imperative turns at talk: An introduction -- 1. Prior research -- 2. Profile of the volume -- 3. Imperative turns: Conceptual issues -- 3.1 Variation in imperative forms -- 3.…
In middle-class Anglo-speaking circles imperatives are considered impolite forms that command another to do something; etiquette manuals recommend avoiding them. The papers in this collection de-construct such lay beliefs. Through the empirical examination of everyday and instit…