LINGUIST List 34.142
Tue Jan 17 2023
Books: The Syntax of Imperatives: Alcázar, Saltarelli
Editor for this issue: Maria Lucero Guillen Puon <luceroguillenlinguistlist.org>
Date: 14-Dec-2022
From: Ellena Moriarty <ellena.moriarty
cambridge.org>
Subject: The Syntax of Imperatives: Alcázar, Saltarelli
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Published: 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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