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Publication details [#4487]
Haverkate, Henk. 1972. The performative analysis of the Spanish imperative. Cahiers de Lexicologie 21 : 67–74.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Person as a subject
Annotation
An application of Ross' performative hypothesis to Spanish imperatives. H. attacks the view of traditional grammar that the imperative mood has only two authentic forms, the affixes of which show person and number agreement with the pronouns 'tu' and 'vosotros' in affirmative sentences.