28.3438, Books: Commands: Aikhenvald, Dixon (eds.)

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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 18:48:22
From: Celine Aenlle-Rocha [Celine.Aenlle-Rocha at oup.com]
Subject: Commands: Aikhenvald, Dixon (eds.)

 


Title: Commands 
Subtitle: A Cross-Linguistic Typology 
Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/commands-9780198803225 


Editor: Alexandra Y Aikhenvald
Editor: R. M. W. Dixon

Hardback: ISBN:  9780198803225 Pages: 352 Price: U.S. $ 80.00


Abstract:

This book focuses on the form and the function of commands-directive speech
acts such as pleas, entreaties, and orders-from a typological perspective. A
team of internationally-renowned experts in the field examine the
interrelationship of these speech acts with cultural stereotypes and
practices, as well as their origins and development, especially in the light
of language contact. 

The volume begins with an introduction outlining the marking and the meaning
of imperatives and other ways of expressing commands and directives. Each of
the chapters that follow then offers an in-depth analysis of commands in a
particular language. These analyses are cast in terms of 'basic linguistic
theory'-a cumulative typological functional framework-and the chapters are
arranged and structured in a way that allows useful comparison between them.
The languages investigated include Quechua, Japanese, Lao, Aguaruna and
Ashaninka Satipo (both from Peru), Dyirbal (from Australia), Zenzontepec
Chatino (from Mexico), Nungon, Tayatuk, and Karawari (from Papua New Guinea),
Korowai (from West Papua), Wolaitta (from Ethiopia), and Northern Paiute (a
native language of the United States).
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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