Commands: A Cross-Linguistic Typology (Explorations in Linguistic Typology)

by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (Editor), R. M. W. Dixon (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2017

  $153.93

  This volume focuses on the form and the function of commands-directive speech acts such as pleas, entreaties, and orders-from a typological perspective. Authors analyse the marking and meaning of commands in a range of typologically diverse languages on the basis of extensive fieldwork and in a way that allows useful comparison.