Imperatives and Commands
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This is the first cross-linguistic study of imperatives, and commands of other kinds, across the world's languages. It makes a significant and original contribution to the understanding of their morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics. The author discusses the role imperatives and commands play in human cognition and how they are deployed in different cultures, and in doing so offers fresh insights on patterns of human interaction...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199207909
ISBN13:9780199207909
Release Date:October 2010
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:520 Pages
Weight:1.99 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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