Imperatives and Commands |
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Author:
| Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. |
Series title: | Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-966555-6 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $117.23AUD $134.95 |
Book Description:
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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 morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics, and offers fresh insights on the patterns of human interaction and cognition associated with them.
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 morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics, and offers fresh insights on the patterns of human interaction and cognition associated with them.