| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 242 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Human cognitive processing ; v. 35
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Human cognitive processing ; v. 35.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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, prototyp. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Imperative.
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English language -- Imperative. |
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English language -- Syntax.
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English language -- Syntax. |
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English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Japanese.
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English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Japanese. |
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Japanese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English.
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Japanese language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Takahashi, Hidemitsu. Cognitive linguistic analysis of the English imperative. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 9789027223890 (DLC) 2011052418 (OCoLC)769916200 |
| ISBN |
9789027274762 (electronic book) |
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9027274762 (electronic book) |
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1280497556 |
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9781280497551 |
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9789027223890 |
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9027223890 |
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