Wh-exclamatives, Imperatives and Wh-questions
Wh-exclamatives, Imperatives and Wh-questions

Author: Simone Guesser

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2023-12-18

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 3111183173

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Research on left periphery phenomena has increased in the last 20 years, resulting in consistent studies from a wide range of languages and a fruitful debate on the functional projections within the CP system. Throughout these years, important contributions have been made on Brazilian Portuguese, especially on wh-interrogative sentences, focalization, topicalization and relative clauses. As for exclamative and imperative sentences, however, there is a considerable research gap in all grammatical levels. Regarding interrogatives, semantic and prosodic studies are still lacking (as well as research on the acquisition and processing of these constructions). This collected volume fills some of those gaps, gathering studies on wh-exclamatives, imperatives and wh-questions in Brazilian Portuguese which approach syntactical, semantical and prosodic aspects of these constructions through a rich and unregistered set of data. They also deliver novel acquisition and diachronic data that will further both the comprehension of Brazilian Portuguese grammar and the ongoing discussions on left periphery phenomena.

The Syntax of Imperatives
The Syntax of Imperatives

Author: Asier Alcázar

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-01-23

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1139867296

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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 diverse analyses in the literature. This cutting-edge study puts forward a new linguistic theory of imperatives, arguing that categories of the speech act, specifically Speaker and Addressee, are conceptually necessary for an adequate syntactic account. The book offers compelling empirical and descriptive evidence by surveying new typological data in critical assessment of competing hypotheses towards an indexical syntax of human language. An engaging read for students and researchers interested in linguistics, philosophy and the syntax of language.

Imperative Clauses in Generative Grammar
Imperative Clauses in Generative Grammar

Author: Wim van der Wurff

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9789027233677

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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.

Imperatives
Imperatives

Author: Mark Jary

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-07-17

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1107012341

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

Development of Verb Inflection in First Language Acquisition
Development of Verb Inflection in First Language Acquisition

Author: Dagmar Bittner

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-06-24

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 3110899833

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The volume deals with the emergence of verb morphology in children during their second and early third year of life from a cross-linguistic perspective. It covers 15 contributions - each analyzing one single language - based on parallel longitudinal investigations of children with parallel methodology and macrostructure in representation. The main question addressed is: How do children detect morphology and construct first subsystems of verbal inflection? The focus lies on the transition from a premorphological phase to a protomorphological phase. The main proposal consists in the concept of miniparadigms and of their relation to morpho-syntactic developments in early first language acquisition.

French Verbs and Idioms
French Verbs and Idioms

Author: Trudie Maria Booth

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780761831945

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French Verbs and Idioms offers an overview of essential grammatical terms (such as conjugation, mood, elision, gender, agreement, etc.) and categorizes the verbs. Extensive lists of useful idioms, proverbs, and sayings containing the verbs, tenses, and moods discussed fill the gaps in the knowledge of the advanced learner. Explanations are in English and all verbs, examples, idioms, proverbs, and sayings are translated into English for comparison purposes and comprehension.

The Everything French Grammar Book
The Everything French Grammar Book

Author: Laura K Lawless

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-06-08

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1605503339

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The Everything French Grammar Book provides readers with easy-to-follow lessons on the rules, syntax, and sentence structure of the French language. From punctuation to pronouns, this handy reference walks readers through the basics of proper French speaking. Step-by-step instruction, fun reinforcement exercises, and clever mnemonic clues help readers master conjugation, tense use, and sentence structure quickly! Complete with verb charts, The Everything French Grammar Book is the perfect reference for the Gallic enthusiast.

Learn French In A Hurry
Learn French In A Hurry

Author: Laura K Lawless

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-06-11

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1598692895

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You can blurt out Merci! and Oui! and Garcon! as well as the next tourist, but your French lacks a certain je ne sais quoi. That just won't do if you're touring the City of Light or sunning in Tahiti or ordering a la carte in a Montreal cafe. This pocket-sized primer is your passeport to one of the world's most beautiful-and useful-languages.Suitable for travel or a refresher course, this work includes highlights such as: - commonly used French phrases- pronunciations and conjugations- grammar and sentence construction- useful words and terms- helpful French-English and English-French dictionaries.