by Alexandra Y . Aikhenvald (Author)
This book is the first exhaustive cross-linguistic study of imperatives and commands. It makes a significant and original contribution to the understanding of their the morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics, and offers fresh insights on the patterns of human interaction and cognition associated with them.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 16 Sep 2010
ISBN 10: 0199207909
ISBN 13: 9780199207909