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The structure and interpretation of imperatives : mood and force in universal grammar

Title: The structure and interpretation of imperatives : mood and force in universal grammar / Chung-hye Han.
Author: Han, Chung-hye, 1968-
Publication: New York : Garland Pub., 2000.

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Description

xiii, 263 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Outstanding dissertations in linguistics

Uniform Title

Outstanding dissertations in linguistics

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Dissertations (form)

Note

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Pennsylvania, 1998.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-251) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Cross-linguistic Variation in the Compatibility between Imperatives and Negation -- 3. The Syntactic Evolution of the English Imperative -- 4. Feature Content of the Imperative Operator -- 5. Interpreting Imperatives: the Contribution of Mood and Force -- 6. Deriving the Interpretation for Rhetorical Questions.

ISBN

0815337876
9780815337874

LCCN

00026986

OCLC

ocm43615542
43615542
SCSB-8810037

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library