Imperatives and commands /

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Author / Creator:Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 500 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory
Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11141045
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ISBN:9780191548925
0191548928
9780199207909
0199207909
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Summary:This is the first cross-linguistic study of imperatives, and commands of other kinds, across the world's languages. It makes a significant and original contribution to the understanding of their morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics. The author discusses the role imperatives and commands play in human cognition and how they are deployed in different cultures, and in doing so offers fresh insights on patterns of human interaction and communcation. Alexandra Aikhenvald examines the ways of framing commands, or command strategies, in languages that do not have special i.
Other form:Print version: Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna). Imperatives and commands. Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2010 9780199207909