基本説明
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 imperative force in terms of parameters and numerical values. Furthermore, the book applies the theory of Construction Grammar to account for the felicity of imperatives in complex sentences.
Full Description
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 imperative force in terms of parameters and numerical values. Furthermore, the book applies the theory of Construction Grammar to account for the felicity of imperatives in complex sentences. The model of description explains explicitly a wide range of phenomena, including frequency of use, prototypical vs. non-prototypical uses of the English imperative and the choice between longer vs. shorter directives including the imperative. A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative: With Special Reference to Japanese Imperatives is intended for both researchers and students interested in the English imperative and Directive Speech Acts at large and for the linguists working within the Cognitive Linguistics and/or Construction Grammar approach.
Contents
1. List of figures; 2. List of tables; 3. Abbreviations; 4. Acknowledgments; 5. 1. Introduction; 6. 2. Observing English imperatives in action; 7. 3. The meaning of the English imperative; 8. 4. Accounting for some of the findings in Chapter 2 and the choice between imperatives and indirect directives; 9. 5. Mixed imperative constructions: Passive, progressive, and perfective imperatives in English; 10. 6. Conditional imperatives in English; 11. 7. English imperatives in concessive clauses; 12. 8. Japanese imperatives; 13. 9. Conclusions and prospects; 14. References; 15. Data sources; 16. Name index; 17. Subject index
