The Morphosyntax of Imperatives

by Daniela Isac

This book studies the properties of imperative clauses in the context of a theory of Universal Grammar. Daniela Isac argues that the specificity of imperative clauses cannot be the result of a unique imperative Force feature; instead, the type' of imperative clauses can be traced back to a plurality of finer grained features, such as Modality and phi-features, hosted by the Mod, Infl, and Speech Event heads, among others.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198733275
• ISBN13: 9780198733270
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"