Syntactic Issues in the English Imperative (Routledge Library Editions: Syntax)

✍ Scribed by Eric Potsdam

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 441
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This study, first published in 1998, provides a close investigation of central syntactic issues in the English imperative clause type. It argues that the imperative has largely regular syntactic behaviour within a conventional conception of English clause structure. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Original Title
Original Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Domain of Investigation
Overview
Notes
1 Clausal Syntax
Introduction
English Clause Structure
Adverbs
Sentential Negation
VP Ellipsis
Floating Quantifiers
Notes
2 Verb Raising
Introduction
Background
Diagnostics
Imperatives
Subjunctive Clauses
Conclusion
Notes
3 Imperative Subjects
Introduction
Discourse Roles
Vocatives
Imperative Subjects
The Null Imperative Subject
Appendix: Patterns of Pronominal Agreement
Notes
4 Do(n't) in Imperatives
Introduction
Two Hypotheses
Evidence
Closing Arguments
Appendix: Imperative-Like Constructions with Let
Notes
5 The Phrase Structure of Imperatives
Introduction
The Hypotheses
Evidence Against the VP Hypothesis
The CP/FP Hypotheses
Summary
Notes
6 Do Not in Imperatives
Introduction
A Structural Resolution
Imperative I°-to-C°
Conclusions
Notes
References
Index