Imperatives are modal
It has been noted repeatedly in the literature (Huntley 1982, Huntley 1984, Davies 1986, Wilsonand Sperber 1988, Ninan 2005, Han 1998, etc.) that imperatives have a modal dimension, given that theypresent a proposition as a possible and desirable state of affairs. However, the opinion that imperativ...
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Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/index.pl/imperatives_are_modal |