When terminology matters

The imperative as a comparative concept

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3987245
AutoresMark Jary (0000-0002-3145-1563, University of Roehampton), Mikhail Kissine (0000-0001-6693-9772, Université Libre de Bruxelles, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume54
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling-2015-0039
OpenAlexW2300954242
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas8

The imperative should be thought of as a comparative concept, defined as a sentence type whose only prototypical function is the performance of the whole range of directive speech acts. Furthermore, for a non-second-person form to count as an imperative it must be homogeneous with the second-person form, thereby allowing true imperative paradigms to be distinguished from those that recruit alternative structures. This definition of the imperative sentence type allows more accurate crosslinguistic analysis of imperative paradigms, and provides principled grounds for distinguishing between imperative and so-called "hortative" and "jussive" forms. It also helps to clarify the irrealis - or better

Directive · Function (biology) · Homogeneous · Linguistics · Sentence · Terminology · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Lexicography and Language Studies · linguistics and terminology studies · Mathematics · Philosophy