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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Author:   Chung-Hye Han
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780815337874

ISBN 10:   0815337876
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   20 April 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; Issues and Sketch of the Proposal; Theoretical Background; Outline of the Book; Notes; 2. Cross-linguistic Variation in the Compatibility between Imperatives and Negation; Introduction; Data and Issues; Previous Studies; A Puzzle Posed by the Clitic-like Nature of Negation; The Locus of Imperative Operator: C sub 0; Proposal; Apparent Counterexamples; Suppletion and Negative Commands; Conclusion; Notes 3. The Syntactic Evolution of the English Imperative;Introduction; Data and Issues; Infinitivals in Middle English; The Development of Do-support in Imperatives; Sequential Loss of Verb Movement; No Do-support in Infinitivals and Subjunctives; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes. 4. Feature Content of the Imperative Operator; Introduction; Feature Content of Imperative Operator; Subjunctives and Infinitivals with Directive Function; The Subjects of Imperatives; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Interpreting Imperatives: The Contribution of Mood and Force;Introduction; Logical Form of Imperatives; Consequences; Imperatives in Discourse; Conclusion; Notes;

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This slightly revised version of Han's excellent 1998 University of Pennsylvania dissertation makes for a great book in the area covered by the title and more.. -Kleanthes K. Grohmann, Language

This slightly revised version of Han's excellent 1998 University of Pennsylvania dissertation makes for a great book in the area covered by the title and more.. <br>-Kleanthes K. Grohmann, Language <br>

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