nam a22 c 4500 hcp.35/798010364 nljbp 250625042753.0 cr ||||||||||| 241221s2012 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2011052418 9789027274762 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp PE1290 425/.6 23 CFK bicssc LAN009000 bisacsh Takahashi, Hidemitsu author A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative With special reference to Japanese imperatives Hidemitsu Takahashi Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 ©2012 1 online resource (xvii, 242 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Human Cognitive Processing 1387-6724 35 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 1. Introduction -- 2. Observing English imperatives in action -- 3. The meaning of the English imperative -- 4. Accounting for some of the findings in Chapter 2 and the choice between imperatives and indirect directives -- 5. Mixed imperative constructions -- 6. Conditional imperatives in English -- 7. English imperatives in concessive clauses -- 8. Japanese imperatives -- 9. Conclusions and prospects This volume offers the first comprehensive description of English imperatives made from a Cognitive Linguistic perspective. It proposes a new way of explaining the meaning and function of the imperative independently of illocutionary act classifications, which allows for quantifying the strength of imperative force in terms of parameters and numerical values. Furthermore, the book applies the theory of Construction Grammar to account for the felicity of imperatives in complex sentences. The model of description explains explicitly a wide range of phenomena, including frequency of use, prototypical vs. non-prototypical uses of the English imperative and the choice between longer vs. shorter directives including the imperative. A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative: With Special Reference to Japanese Imperatives is intended for both researchers and students interested in the English imperative and Directive Speech Acts at large and for the linguists working within the Cognitive Linguistics and/or Construction Grammar approach. Provided by publisher. Cognition and language English linguistics Germanic linguistics Japanese linguistics Syntax Theoretical linguistics Takahashi, Hidemitsu author Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 9789027223890 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.35 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027274762