Syntactic Issues in the English Imperative

List of contents

Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1 Clausal Syntax, 2 Verb Raising, 3 Imperative Subjects, 4 Do(n’t) in Imperatives, 5 The Phrase Structure of Imperatives, 6 Do Not in Imperatives, References, Index

About the author

Eric Potsdam

Summary

This work is an unrevised version of the authors 1996 University of California, Santa Cruz Ph.D. dissertation. The only changes that have been made are corrections of typographical errors, minor rewording, updating of references, and the inclusion of an index.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Potsdam
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780815331292
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-3129-2
• No. of pages: 436
• Weight: 970 g
• Series: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics; Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar & vocabulary, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, Grammar, syntax and morphology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary