Syntactic Issues in the English Imperative (Hardcover)

This book investigates long-standing problems in the syntactic analysis of the English imperative. This work argues that the imperative has a largely regular syntax which is fully compatible with current formal grammars of English. The putative differences reside primarily in three domains -- the behavior of the auxiliary verbs "have" and "be", the options for subjects, and the word order in negative and emphatic clauses. This study addresses each of these controversial domains and argues that the behavior of the imperative is unexceptional in each case. The work assimilates the syntax of the English imperative to better-established analyses of English originally developed for other areas of the language.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
Release date:	May 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Eric Potsdam
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	436
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-3129-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Language teaching & learning material & coursework > Grammar & vocabulary
LSN:	0-8153-3129-0
Barcode:	9780815331292

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