This paper investigates the interpretive restrictions on the subjects of imperative, promissive,
and exhortative sentences—what we call the “jussive” clause types. It argues that the data …

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 …

(8) English (German only (8-a)-(8-c)): a. covert subjects: Help yourself. b. overt 2p pronoun:
Don't you forget about this c. quantificational subjects: Nobody (of you) move. d. definite …

Recursion and self-embedding are at the heart of our ability to formulate our thoughts,
articulate our imagination and share with other human beings. Nonetheless, controversy …

This paper aims to present a proposal for a relevance-theoretic description of the use of the
particle ba in Mandarin Chinese. The result of the analyses of the data shows that ba is a …

Çok boyutlu bir kavram olan emir, dil incelemelerinde kip, cümle, sözeylem veya kiplik çeşidi
olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Bu çalışma, emri, bir kiplik olarak ele alarak incelemeyi …

It is generally assumed that the notion of finiteness is not applicable to Chinese due to the
lack of grammatical tense/person agreement. Meanwhile, syntactic evidence suggests that …

Alanyazınında üçüncü kişi buyrum yapısı çekimi içinde yer alan–sIn biçimbirimi kimi zaman
sadece uyum kategorisini gösteren bir ek olarak, kimi zaman da hem uyum hem de kip ekini …

This paper develops a syntax-pragmatics interface analysis of imperative clauses overtly
marked by two grammatical categories of qing 'please'in Mandarin and refines the division of …

This study provides a syntactic overview of imperatives in Hindi-Urdu. Imperatives are
constructions expressing directives or commands. Hindi-Urdu imperatives have differing …