A cognitive linguistic analysis of the English imperative : with special reference to Japanese imperatives /

This volume offers the first comprehensive description of English imperatives made from a Cognitive Linguistic perspective. It proposes a new way of explaining the meaning and function of the imperative independently of illocutionary act classifications, which allows for quantifying the strength of...

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Main Author: Takahashi, Hidemitsu
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012
Series:Human cognitive processing ; v. 35.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central