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Publication details [#64754]
Okada, Misao. 2018. Imperative Actions in Boxing Sparring Sessions. Research on Language and Social Interaction 51 (1) : 67–84. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This study explores actions worded as imperatives in sparring sessions, in which coaches order boxers to execute certain boxing gestures. It displays that before the goal oriented action, imperatives are frequently employed to quest the boxer’s instantaneous performance.