Imperatives

Author : Daniela Isac
Publisher : Oxford Studies in Theoretical
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198733270

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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 : Magdalena Kaufmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,7 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 : Alphonso Lingis
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0253212316

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The Imperative by Alphonso Lingis Pdf

". . . a more compelling reading of Kant than any I have ever seen." —David Farrell Krell In this provocative book, Alphonso Lingis argues that not only our thought is governed by an imperative, as Kant had maintained, but, rather, our sensual, sensing, perceiving, and emotional life is continually regulated by imperatives that come to us from the world around us. Through a series of phenomenological sketches drawn from life experiences, Lingis shows that there are directives in the natural world and in our interactions with others that govern our thought and behavior.

Author : Wim van der Wurff
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027292315

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Imperative Clauses in Generative Grammar by Wim van der Wurff Pdf

This volume contains ten articles exploring a wide range of issues in the analysis of the imperative clause from a generative perspective. The language data investigated in detail in the articles come from Dutch, English, German, (old) Scandinavian, Spanish, and South Slavic; there is further significant discussion of data from other Germanic and Romance languages. The phenomena addressed (in several cases in more than one article, leading to some lively debate about contentious issues) include the following: the nature and interpretation of imperative subjects; the properties of participial imperatives; clitic behavior; restrictions on topicalization; word order; null arguments; negative imperatives; and imperatives in embedded clauses. The volume has a substantial introduction, sketching the results of earlier generative work on the topic (most of it scattered across disparate outlets), the issues left open by this earlier work, and the contribution to further insight and understanding made by the book's articles.

Author : Alexander Hölzl
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783346285065

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Climate Change and Individual Moral Obligation. Kant’s Categorical Imperative As a Basis by Alexander Hölzl Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 2,0, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: This paper discusses whether respectively how it is possible to ethically justify an individual moral obligation to act against climate change on the basis of Kant's categorical imperative. Actions against climate change might include using public transport instead of cars, avoiding travelling by aircraft, protesting for climate justice, supporting environmental organizations, boycotting oil companies, stopping wasteful consumption, refusing having a baby, using sustainable energy forms instead of fossil fuels, passing stricter laws or investing in the development of alternative energy forms.

Author : Asier Alcázar,Mario Saltarelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 52,9 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 : Nicholas J. Moutafakis
Publisher : New Delhi : Sterling Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015038693472

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Imperatives and Their Logics by Nicholas J. Moutafakis Pdf

Study on the logic of normative discourse.

Author : John Dalla Costa
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0002557606

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The Ethical Imperative by John Dalla Costa Pdf

As managers and consumers, many people are concerned about such issues as sweatshops, global warming and discrimination in the workplace, and are struggling to integrate their beliefs into their jobs, companies and purchases. The Ethical Imperative links these personal values to business performance.

Author : David Saville Muzzey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Ethical culture movement
ISBN : WISC:89094560778

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Ethical Imperatives by David Saville Muzzey Pdf

Author : Oliver Charbonneau
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501750731

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Civilizational Imperatives by Oliver Charbonneau Pdf

In Civilizational Imperatives, Oliver Charbonneau reveals the little-known history of the United States' colonization of the Philippines' Muslim South in the early twentieth century. Often referred to as Moroland, the Sulu Archipelago and the island of Mindanao were sites of intense US engagement and laboratories of colonial modernity during an age of global imperialism. Exploring the complex relationship between colonizer and colonized from the late nineteenth century until the eve of the Second World War, Charbonneau argues that American power in the Islamic Philippines rested upon a transformative vision of colonial rule. Civilization, protection, and instruction became watchwords for US military officers and civilian administrators, who enacted fantasies of racial reform among the diverse societies of the region. Violence saturated their efforts to remake indigenous politics and culture, embedding itself into governance strategies used across four decades. Although it took place on the edges of the Philippine colonial state, this fraught civilizing mission did not occur in isolation. It shared structural and ideological connections to US settler conquest in North America and also borrowed liberally from European and Islamic empires. These circuits of cultural, political, and institutional exchange—accessed by colonial and anticolonial actors alike—gave empire in the Southern Philippines its hybrid character. Civilizational Imperatives is a story of colonization and connection, reaching across nations and empires in its examination of a Southeast Asian space under US sovereignty. It presents an innovative new portrait of the American empire's global dimensions and the many ways they shaped the colonial encounter in the Southern Philippines.

Author : Hans Jonas
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226405971

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The Imperative of Responsibility by Hans Jonas Pdf

Hans Jonas here rethinks the foundations of ethics in light of the awesome transformations wrought by modern technology: the threat of nuclear war, ecological ravage, genetic engineering, and the like. Though informed by a deep reverence for human life, Jonas's ethics is grounded not in religion but in metaphysics, in a secular doctrine that makes explicit man's duties toward himself, his posterity, and the environment. Jonas offers an assessment of practical goals under present circumstances, ending with a critique of modern utopianism.

Author : David W. Orr
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781597267007

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Hope Is an Imperative by David W. Orr Pdf

The author has championed the cause of ecological literacy in higher education, helping to establish and shape the field of ecological design, and working to raise awareness of the threats to future generations posed by humanity's current unsustainable trajectory.This volume brings together his most important works.

Author : Wim van der Wurff
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027233675

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Imperative Clauses in Generative Grammar by Wim van der Wurff Pdf

This volume contains ten articles exploring a wide range of issues in the analysis of the imperative clause from a generative perspective. The language data investigated in detail in the articles come from Dutch, English, German, (old) Scandinavian, Spanish, and South Slavic; there is further significant discussion of data from other Germanic and Romance languages. The phenomena addressed (in several cases in more than one article, leading to some lively debate about contentious issues) include the following: the nature and interpretation of imperative subjects; the properties of participial imperatives; clitic behavior; restrictions on topicalization; word order; null arguments; negative imperatives; and imperatives in embedded clauses. The volume has a substantial introduction, sketching the results of earlier generative work on the topic (most of it scattered across disparate outlets), the issues left open by this earlier work, and the contribution to further insight and understanding made by the book's articles.

Author : Daniël Van Olmen,Simone Heinold
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,7 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 : Hidemitsu Takahashi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027274762

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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.