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Imperatives (Paperback): Mark Jary, Mikhail Kissine

Imperatives (Paperback)

Mark Jary, Mikhail Kissine

Series: Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics

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Imperative sentences usually occur in speech acts such as orders, requests, and pleas. However, they are also used to give advice, and to grant permission, and are sometimes found in advertisements, good wishes and conditional constructions. Yet, the relationship between the form of imperatives, and the wide range of speech acts in which they occur, remains unclear, as do the ways in which semantic theory should handle imperatives. This book is the first to look systematically at both the data and the theory. The first part discusses data from a large set of languages, including many outside the Indo-European family, and analyses in detail the range of uses to which imperatives are put, paying particular attention to controversial cases. This provides the empirical background for the second part, where the authors offer an accessible, comprehensive and in-depth discussion of the major theoretical accounts of imperative semantics and pragmatics.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
Release date: July 2014
Authors: Mark Jary • Mikhail Kissine
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-63235-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Pragmatics
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LSN: 1-107-63235-8
Barcode: 9781107632356

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