{"product_id":"imperatives-hardback-9781107012349","title":"Imperatives (Hardback) 9781107012349","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eImperatives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn engaging overview of imperatives and a close examination of how different theoretical traditions have tried to explain them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Jary (Author), Mikhail Kissine (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107012349, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 July 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'An impressively compendious distillation of work on the imperative, which is both original and accessible. The book is rich in (cross-linguistic) data, sound argument and insightful analysis. If you are interested in the semantics\/pragmatics of linguistic mood and illocutionary force, read this book!' Robyn Carston, University College London and CSMN, Oslo\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eImperative sentences usually occur in speech acts such as orders, requests, and pleas. However, they are also used to give advice, and to grant permission, and are sometimes found in advertisements, good wishes and conditional constructions. Yet, the relationship between the form of imperatives, and the wide range of speech acts in which they occur, remains unclear, as do the ways in which semantic theory should handle imperatives. This book is the first to look systematically at both the data and the theory. The first part discusses data from a large set of languages, including many outside the Indo-European family, and analyses in detail the range of uses to which imperatives are put, paying particular attention to controversial cases. This provides the empirical background for the second part, where the authors offer an accessible, comprehensive and in-depth discussion of the major theoretical accounts of imperative semantics and pragmatics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Data: 1. What is the imperative mood?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Imperative mood and directive force\u003cbr\u003e 3. Imperatives with conditional meanings\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Theories\u003cbr\u003e Introduction to Part II: from data to theory\u003cbr\u003e 4. The imperative is directive force\u003cbr\u003e 5. Declarative-like semantics for imperatives\u003cbr\u003e 6. The imperative as a distinct semantic type\u003cbr\u003e An opinionated conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Possible worlds and semantics\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. Modality in possible-word semantics\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C. Stalnaker's common-ground model of assertion\u003cbr\u003e Glossary.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Semantics, discourse analysis, etc [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Semantics, discourse analysis, etc\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Semantics,%20discourse%20analysis,%20etc%20%5BCFG%5D%22\"\u003eCFG\u003c\/a\u003e], Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005927805208,"sku":"9781107012349","price":94.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107012349i_d954c528-da95-4d55-91e3-07f3df49142f.jpg?v=1691360982","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/imperatives-hardback-9781107012349","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}