Imperatives and Directive Strategies

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ORCID logoDaniël Van Olmen | Lancaster University
Simone Heinold | Goethe University Frankfurt
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Imperatives and directive strategies have intrigued both formalists and functionalists. They continue to search for the answers to questions like “what are the semantics of the imperative?”, “how is it used (in the world’s languages)?” and “which factors determine the choice between imperatives and other directive strategies?”. This volume takes a broadly functional-typological perspective and contributes to the literature in several respects. It presents new data from a variety of languages, some of which have not been studied in depth before. It exemplifies the benefits of traditional methodologies as well as the potential of more innovative ones. In addition, the volume sheds new light on the imperative as a typological notion, its meaning and uses and its interaction with other grammatical categories. It also offers new insights into the relation between different directive strategies within and across languages and into the (dis)similarities between equivalent directive strategies in a language family.
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 184] 2017.  vi, 324 pp.
Publishing status: Available
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“Imperatives and directives are superficially simple but, on closer inspection, rather complex. With its wide-ranging and up-to-date introduction, detailed analyses of many different languages and multifarious perspectives representative of the literature, this volume reduces the confusion. Keep calm and read it!”
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Subjects

Main BIC Subject

CFK: Grammar, syntax

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009060: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax
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ONIX 2.1
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U.S. Library of Congress Control Number:  2017007808 | Marc record