Embedded imperatives in Semitic, Germanic, and other languages

Embedded imperatives in Semitic, Germanic, and other languages

Several Semitic and Germanic languages, just as languages belonging to other language families (Slovenian, Korean), embed imperatives and thus use direct speech in syntactical context, where most other languages would use subordinate clauses. This kind of embedding can entail “shifting indexicals” a...

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Main Author: Lutz Edzard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Oslo 2021-01-01
Series:Oslo Studies in Language
Online Access:https://journals.uio.no/osla/article/view/8490
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spelling doaj-2bc21298ea134e59a4fcdb2f6710002f2021-05-29T12:58:36ZengUniversity of OsloOslo Studies in Language1890-96392021-01-0111210.5617/osla.8490Embedded imperatives in Semitic, Germanic, and other languagesLutz Edzard0University of Erlangen-NürnbergSeveral Semitic and Germanic languages, just as languages belonging to other language families (Slovenian, Korean), embed imperatives and thus use direct speech in syntactical context, where most other languages would use subordinate clauses. This kind of embedding can entail “shifting indexicals” and “imposters”, i.e. the reference to one and the same person with different persons in the verbal and pronominal system, even within one and the same phrase. In this paper, departing from the Germanic and other data presented so far in this context, I attempt a descriptive analysis of this phenomenon focusing on Semitic, with only hints to elements of a formal analysis.https://journals.uio.no/osla/article/view/8490
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title_short Embedded imperatives in Semitic, Germanic, and other languages
title_full Embedded imperatives in Semitic, Germanic, and other languages
title_fullStr Embedded imperatives in Semitic, Germanic, and other languages
title_full_unstemmed Embedded imperatives in Semitic, Germanic, and other languages
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description Several Semitic and Germanic languages, just as languages belonging to other language families (Slovenian, Korean), embed imperatives and thus use direct speech in syntactical context, where most other languages would use subordinate clauses. This kind of embedding can entail “shifting indexicals” and “imposters”, i.e. the reference to one and the same person with different persons in the verbal and pronominal system, even within one and the same phrase. In this paper, departing from the Germanic and other data presented so far in this context, I attempt a descriptive analysis of this phenomenon focusing on Semitic, with only hints to elements of a formal analysis.
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