| The Syntax of Imperatives Contributor(s): Alcazar, Asier (Author), Saltarelli, Mario (Author), Alc Zar, Asier (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107005809 ISBN-13: 9781107005808 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 415.6 |
| LCCN: 2013023444 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 236 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Saltarelli, Mario: - Mario Saltarelli is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Southern California. He specialises in general linguistics and researches the synchronic and diachronic morphology-phonology and syntax-semantics interface.Alcazar, Asier: - Asier Alcázar is Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Missouri. His research interests include generative syntax and its interfaces with semantics and morphology, corpus linguistics and typology. |