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Publication details [#882]
Ascoli, C. 1978. Some pseudo-imperatives and their communicative function in English. Folia Linguistica 12 (3-4) : 405–416. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Journal WWW
Annotation
Pseudo-imperatives are defined as imperative structures which do not have the usual functions associated with the imperative in English. A. points out two main criteria to distinguish sentences containing pseudo-imperatives from sentences containing real imperatives.