Imperatives
"Imperative sentences usually occur in speech acts such as orders, requests, and pleas. However, they are also used to give advice, and to grant permission, and are sometimes found in advertisements, good wishes and conditional constructions. Yet, the relationship between the form of imperative...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge University Press
2014.
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Series: | Key topics in semantics and pragmatics
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