34.142, Books: The Syntax of Imperatives: Alcázar, Saltarelli

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Subject: 34.142, Books: The Syntax of Imperatives: Alcázar, Saltarelli

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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:11:31
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Syntax of Imperatives: Alcázar, Saltarelli

 


Title: The Syntax of Imperatives 
Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/grammar-and-syntax/syntax-imperatives?format=PB 


Author: Asier Alcázar
Author: Mario Saltarelli

Paperback: ISBN:  9781009342445 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 32.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781009342445 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 23.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781009342445 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 28.00


Abstract:

The imperative clause is one of three major sentence types that have been
found to be universal across the languages of the world. Compared to
declaratives and interrogatives, the imperative type has received diverse
analyses in the literature. This cutting-edge study puts forward a new
linguistic theory of imperatives, arguing that categories of the speech act,
specifically Speaker and Addressee, are conceptually necessary for an adequate
syntactic account. The book offers compelling empirical and descriptive
evidence by surveying new typological data in critical assessment of competing
hypotheses towards an indexical syntax of human language. An engaging read for
students and researchers interested in linguistics, philosophy and the syntax
of language.
 



1. Introduction; 2. Imperatives across languages; 3. Foundations for an
analysis of the imperative clause; 4. The syntax of imperative clauses: a
performative hypothesis; 5. Basque allocutive agreement; 6. Conclusion.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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