Commands : a cross-linguistic typology / edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna), editor.

Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939- editor.

Series:

Oxford linguistics

Explorations in linguistic typology ; v. 8.

Explorations in linguistic typology ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Imperative.

English language.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Typology (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xxiv, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Contents:

1 Imperatives and commands: a cross-linguistic view p. 1 / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

2 Imperatives and commands p. 2

3 Canonical and non-canonical imperatives p. 5

4 Non-imperative forms in lieu of imperatives p. 8

5 Imperatives, their grammar, and meanings p. 11

6 Negating an imperative p. 18

7 The limits of imperatives p. 20

8 Imperatives which do not 'command' p. 23

9 Command strategies p. 24

10 Imperatives in language history p. 30

11 Understanding imperatives p. 33

2 Imperatives and commands in Quechua p. 46 / Willem F. H. Adelaar

1 Preliminary information on Quechua p. 46

2 Nature of the sources p. 50

3 Expression of imperatives p. 50

4 Imperative and Future tense p. 51

5 Negative commands p. 53

6 Prohibitive adverb ama p. 53

7 The copula construction in an imperative environment p. 54

8 Grammatical categories of imperatives p. 55

9 Politeness p. 56

10 Pre-imperatives p. 56

11 Special imperatives p. 57

12 Postverbal clitics p. 57

13 Imperative in quotations p. 58

14 Vocatives p. 58

15 Imperative strategies p. 58

3 The grammatical representation of commands and prohibitions in Aguaruna p. 61 / Simon E. Overall

2 Typological profile p. 62

3 Formal marking of directives p. 67

4 Commands in grammar p. 76

5 Commands in interaction p. 79

4 Imperatives in Ashaninka Satipo (Kampa Arawak) of Peru p. 83 / Elena Mihas

1 Community background p. 83

2 The language p. 84

3 The canonical imperative construction p. 88

4 First person cohortative construction p. 89

5 Third person jussive construction p. 90

6 Summary of the imperative paradigm p. 91

7 Restrictions on the formation of imperative p. 91

8 Prohibitives and preventives p. 94

9 Specification of the action's temporal, spatial, and phasal parameters p. 95

10 Adjusting the force of commands p. 96

11 Command strategies p. 98

12 Responses to commands p. 100

13 Mock-up commands p. 101

14 Calling people and other spiritual entities p. 102

15 Commands given to pets and domesticated animals p. 102

5 Commands in Zenzontepec Chatino (Otomanguean) p. 106 / Eric W. Campbell

2 Basic information about Zenzontepec Chatino and the data in this study p. 107

3 Grammatical sketch p. 108

4 Canonical imperatives: the Imperative Mood p. 112

5 Prohibitives and non-canonical imperatives p. 118

6 Other addressee-directed command strategies p. 121

6 What Dyirbal uses instead of commands p. 127 / R. M. W. Dixon

4 Verbal structure p. 133

5 Potentiality inflection p. 137

6 Caution inflection p. 142

7 On the heterogeneity of Northern Paiute directives p. 146 / Tim Thornes

2 Exploring directive speech p. 146

3 The language and its speakers p. 147

4 Preliminaries: Northern Paiute grammatical properties p. 148

6 Commands in Northern Paiute p. 151

7 Command strategies p. 153

8 The prohibitive construction p. 157

9 Development of the prohibitive construction p. 158

10 Non-canonical directive: first person (ex)hortative p. 159

11 Non-canonical directive: third person optative p. 161

12 Historical considerations p. 162

8 Imperatives and commands in Japanese p. 169 / Nerida Jarkey

1 Preliminary information p. 169

2 Cultural parameters, commands, and discourse p. 171

3 Expression of imperatives and prohibitives p. 173

4 Semantics of imperatives p. 176

5 Grammatical categories of imperatives p. 178

6 Non-command meanings of imperatives p. 179

7 Command strategies p. 181

9 Linguistic expression of commands in Lao p. 189 / N. J. Enfield

1 Preliminary information p. 189

2 Expression of imperatives p. 191

3 Negative imperatives p. 196

4 Semantic distinctions in commands p. 197

5 Social hierarchy and commands p. 202

10 Imperatives and command strategies in Tayatuk (Morobe, PNG) p. 206 / Valérie Guérin

1 The language p. 206

2 Canonical imperatives p. 209

3 Non-canonical imperatives p. 211

4 Negative imperatives p. 213

5 Commands strategies p. 214

6 Concluding notes p. 218

11 Imperatives and commands in Nungon p. 224 / Hannah S. Sarvasy

1 Introduction to Nungon p. 224

2 Imperatives overview p. 227

3 Imperative forms in other clause types p. 238

4 Imperative strategies p. 242

5 Origin of imperative forms p. 246

6 Acquisition of imperatives p. 247

7 Dog commands p. 248

12 The imperative paradigm of Korowai, a Greater Awyu language of West Papua p. 250 / Lourens de Vries

2 Introduction to the Korowai verb system p. 250

3 Korowai imperatives p. 252

13 Commands as a form of intimacy among the Karawari of Papua New Guinea p. 266 / Borut Telban

2 The use of commands in Ambonwari p. 268

3 Short non-verbal commands p. 269

4 Canonical verbal imperatives marked with the suffix -ra or -nda p. 270

5 Verbal imperatives/hortatives marked with the sufhx -n p. 276

6 Potential form used in mild commands p. 278

7 A note on non-canonical commands p. 279

14 Commands in Wolaitta p. 283 / Azeb Amha

2 Sentence-type distinction p. 285

3 Imperative p. 287

4 On the use and meanings of imperatives p. 297

15 Veiled commands: anthropological perspectives on directives p. 301 / Rosita Henry

1 A question of command p. 301

2 Directives in an intersubjective world p. 302

3 Speech acts in the Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea p. 305

4 Veiled words materialized p. 307

5 Your wish is (not) my command p. 309

6 Conclusion: veiled commands, egalitarian values, and language materiality p. 311.

Notes:

Series statement "Oxford linguistics" from dust jacket.

"Language and Culture Research Centre, James Cook University."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780198803225

0198803222

OCLC:

973921056