A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis Of The English Imperative

Author : Hidemitsu Takahashi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027223890

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A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative by Hidemitsu Takahashi Pdf

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, prototypical vs. non-prototypical uses of the English imperative and the choice between longer vs. shorter directives including the imperative. A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative: With Special Reference to Japanese Imperatives is intended for both researchers and students interested in the English imperative and Directive Speech Acts at large and for the linguists working within the Cognitive Linguistics and/or Construction Grammar approach.

Author : Daniël Van Olmen,Simone Heinold
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027265937

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Imperatives and Directive Strategies by Daniël Van Olmen,Simone Heinold Pdf

Imperatives and directive strategies have intrigued both formalists and functionalists. They continue to search for the answers to questions like “what are the semantics of the imperative?”, “how is it used (in the world’s languages)?” and “which factors determine the choice between imperatives and other directive strategies?”. This volume takes a broadly functional-typological perspective and contributes to the literature in several respects. It presents new data from a variety of languages, some of which have not been studied in depth before. It exemplifies the benefits of traditional methodologies as well as the potential of more innovative ones. In addition, the volume sheds new light on the imperative as a typological notion, its meaning and uses and its interaction with other grammatical categories. It also offers new insights into the relation between different directive strategies within and across languages and into the (dis)similarities between equivalent directive strategies in a language family.

Author : William Edmondson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004342996

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The Sequential Imperative by William Edmondson Pdf

In The Sequential Imperative William Edmondson describes the functional specification of the brain. This new approach to Cognitive Science depends on detailed understanding of speech, but the outcome is an understanding of the functionality of the brain in any species.

Author : Ellen Contini-Morava,Robert S. Kirsner,Betsy Rodriguez-Bachiller
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902721560X

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Cognitive and Communicative Approaches to Linguistic Analysis by Ellen Contini-Morava,Robert S. Kirsner,Betsy Rodriguez-Bachiller Pdf

"This volume is the product of a Columbia School Linguistics Conference held at Rutgers University in October 1999, where the plenary speaker was Ronald W. Langacker, a founder of Cognitive Linguistics. The goal of the book is to promote two kinds of dialogue. First, dialogue between Cognitive Grammar and the particular sign-based approach to language known as the Columbia School." "The second kind of dialogue is that among several sign-based approaches themselves and also between them and two competitors: grammaticalization theory and generic functionalism. Topics range from phonology to discourse. Analytical problems are taken from a wide range of languages including English, German, Guarani, Hebrew, Hualapai, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Urdu, and Yaqui."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Eirlys Davies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Anglais (Langue) - Impératif
ISBN : 0709945132

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The English Imperative by Eirlys Davies Pdf

Author : Daniela Isac,Charles Reiss
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0191538612

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I-Language by Daniela Isac,Charles Reiss Pdf

I-Language introduces the uninitiated to linguistics as cognitive science. In an engaging, down-to-earth style Daniela Isac and Charles Reiss give a crystal-clear demonstration of the application of the scientific method in linguistic theory. Their presentation of the research programme inspired and led by Noam Chomsky shows how the focus of theory and research in linguistics shifted from treating language as a disembodied, human-external entity to cognitive biolinguistics - the study of language as a human cognitive system embedded within the mind/brain of each individual. The recurring theme of equivalence classes in linguistic computation ties together the presentation of material from phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The same theme is used to help students understand the place of linguistics in the broader context of the cognitive sciences, by drawing on examples from vision, audition, and even animal cognition. This textbook is unique in its integration of empirical issues of linguistic analysis, engagement with philosophical questions that arise in the study of language, and treatment of the history of the field. Topics ranging from allophony to reduplication, ergativity, and negative polarity are invoked to show the implications of findings in cognitive biolinguistics for philosophical issues like reference, the mind-body problem, and nature-nurture debates. This textbook contains numerous exercises and guides for further reading as well as ideas for student projects. A companion website with guidance for instructors and answers to the exercises features a series of pdf slide presentations to accompany the teaching of each topic.

Author : Günter Radden,René Dirven
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027292339

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Cognitive English Grammar by Günter Radden,René Dirven Pdf

Cognitive English Grammar is designed to be used as a textbook in courses of English and general linguistics. It introduces the reader to cognitive linguistic theory and shows that Cognitive Grammar helps us to gain a better understanding of the grammar of English. The notions of motivation and meaningfulness are central to the approach adopted in the book. In four major parts comprising 12 chapters, Cognitive English Grammar integrates recent cognitive approaches into one coherent model, allowing the analysis of the most central constructions of English. Part I presents the cognitive framework: conceptual and linguistic categories, their combination in situations, the cognitive operations applied to them, and the organisation of conceptual structures into linguistic constructions. Part II deals with the category of ‘things’ and their linguistic structuring as nouns and noun phrases. It shows how things are grounded in reality by means of reference, quantified by set and scalar quantifiers, and qualified by modifiers. Part III describes situations as temporal units of various layers: internally, as types of situations; and externally, as located relative to the time of speech and grounded in reality or potentiality. Part IV looks at situations as relational units and their structuring as sentences. Its two chapters are devoted to event schemas and space and metaphorical extensions of space.Cognitive English Grammar offers a wealth of linguistic data and explanations. The didactic quality is guaranteed by the frequent use of definitions and examples, a glossary of the terms used, overviews and chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading, and study questions. For the Key to Study Questions click here.

Author : Chung-hye Han
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0815337876

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The Structure and Interpretation of Imperatives by Chung-hye Han Pdf

The legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things through the sound of his lyre and voice. Over time, the Orphic theme has come to indicate the power of music to unsettle, subvert, and ultimately bring down oppressive realities in order to liberate the soul and expand human life without limits. The liberating effect of music has been a particularly important theme in twentieth-century African American literature. The nine original essays in Black Orpheus examines the Orphic theme in the fiction of such African American writers as Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, James Baldwin, Nathaniel Mackey, Sherley Anne Williams, Ann Petry, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones, and Toni Morrison. The authors discussed in this volume depict music as a mystical, shamanistic, and spiritual power that can miraculously transform the realities of the soul and of the world. Here, the musician uses his or her music as a weapon to shield and protect his or her spirituality. Written by scholars of English, music, women's studies, American studies, cultural theory, and black and Africana studies, the essays in this interdisciplinary collection ultimately explore the thematic, linguistic structural presence of music in twentieth-century African American fiction.

Author : Eric Potsdam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135671020

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Syntactic Issues in the English Imperative by Eric Potsdam Pdf

First Published in 1998. This work is an unrevised version of my 1996 University of California, Santa Cruz Ph.D. dissertation. The only changes that have been made are corrections of typographical errors, minor rewording, updating of references, and the inclusion of an index. I would like to thank Rosemary Plapp and Kristi Long for help with proofreading and preparation of the manuscript.

Author : Han Luo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9811368562

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Particle Verbs in English by Han Luo Pdf

Author : Asier Alcázar,Mario Saltarelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107005808

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The Syntax of Imperatives by Asier Alcázar,Mario Saltarelli Pdf

The imperative clause is one of three major sentence types that have been found to be universal across the languages of the world. Compared to declaratives and interrogatives, the imperative type has received comparatively less attention. Using compelling empirical evidence, this cutting-edge study presents a new linguistic theory of imperatives.

Author : Magdalena Kaufmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789400722699

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Interpreting Imperatives by Magdalena Kaufmann Pdf

Imperative clauses are recognized as one of the major clause types alongside those known as declarative and interrogative. Nevertheless, they are still an enigma in the study of meaning, which relies largely on either the concept of truth conditions or the concept of information growth—neither of which are easily applied to imperatives. This book puts forward a fresh perspective. It analyzes imperatives in terms of modalized propositions, and identifies an additional, presuppositional, meaning component that makes an assertive interpretation inappropriate. The author shows how these two elements can help explain the varied effects imperatives have, depending on their usage context. Imperatives have been viewed as elusive components of language because they have a range of functions that makes them difficult to unify theoretically. This fresh view of the semantics-pragmatics interface allows for a uniform semantic analysis while accounting for the pragmatic versatility of imperatives.

Author : Mark Jary,Mikhail Kissine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107012349

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Imperatives by Mark Jary,Mikhail Kissine Pdf

An engaging overview of imperatives and a close examination of how different theoretical traditions have tried to explain them.

Author : Daniela Isac
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198733263

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The Morphosyntax of Imperatives by Daniela Isac Pdf

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. The data are drawn from a wide range of languages including various Romance, Slavic, and Germanic languages, as well as Finnish and Inuktitut. The analysis accounts for recurrent patterns in the interaction of imperative mood with phenomena like negation, restrictions on grammatical subjects, and the possibility of embedding imperative clauses. The approach, which focuses exclusively on morphosyntactic rather than semantic features, is potentially transferable to the analysis of other clause types, such as exclamatives, interrogatives, and declaratives.

Author : Eirlys Davies
Publisher : Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-18
Category : English language
ISBN : 1138989150

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The English Imperative by Eirlys Davies Pdf

In recent work the imperative seems to have attracted much less attention than the interrogative, perhaps because it appears to be a rather simple structure, easily accounted for in a page or two in manuals of English grammar, and probably also because in so many respects it seems to be a rather awkward exception to otherwise powerful generalisations. This has meant that quite general analyses sometimes find it necessary to relegate the imperative to a footnote or exclude it from the discussion altogether, and that even when linguists have addressed themselves specifically to an account of imperatives, they have sometimes concluded that the imperative is simply an inherently idiosyncratic construction where we should not expect to find the tidy regularities we look for elsewhere. However, this study demonstrates that there are many interesting regularities to be accounted for, and that useful generalisations can be made which relate the imperative to other constructions. Throughout the work the emphasis is on detailed description of present-day usage, with the aim of identifying patterns which have previously been ignored and seeking explanations for those which have previously been dismissed as arbitrary. As well as examining the syntactic behaviour of the imperative, the book proposes a semantic characterisation quite different from the types usually adopted, and links this to a pragmatic account of the wide range of ways in which imperatives may be used and interpreted. There is no attempt to formulate syntactic rules within a specific theoretical framework; rather, generalisations are stated which any descriptively adequate grammar, of whatever theoretical slant, should be able to capture.