Imperatives and commands /

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 imp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I͡U. (Aleksandra I͡Urʹevna)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory.
Temas:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Imperative.
Impératif (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Imperative
Kontrastive Linguistik
Imperativ
Aufforderungssatz
Gebiedende wijs.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 examines the ways of framing commands, or command strategies, in languages that do not have special i.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 500 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780191548925
0191548928

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