Jary, Mark;
Kissine, Mikhail;
(2019)
Mood and the Analysis of Imperative Sentences.
In: Scott, K and Clark, B and Carston, R, (eds.)
Relevance, Pragmatics and Interpretation.
(pp. 115-126).
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
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Abstract
Jary and Kissine examine the meaning of imperative sentences, taking the existing relevance-theoretic semantic analysis, in terms of the desirability and potentiality of the described state of affairs, as their point of departure. In their view, a complete account of the interpretation of imperatives has to explain how they can result in the addressee forming an intention to perform an action, and this requires the theory to make room for ‘action representations’ (in addition to factual representations, such as assumptions). They claim that the imperative form is uniquely specified to interface with such action representations.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Mood and the Analysis of Imperative Sentences |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-108-40761-8 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108290593.011 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108290593.011 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Literary Theory & Criticism, Language & Linguistics, Literature, Linguistics |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Linguistics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10214674 |
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