Imperatives /
Jary, Mark,1964-author.
Kissine, Mikhail,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. The Data: 1. What is the imperative mood? -- 2. Imperative mood and directive force -- 3. Imperatives with conditional meanings -- Part II. The Theories: Introduction to Part II: from data to theory; 4. The imperative is directive force -- 5. Declarative-like semantics for imperatives -- 6. The imperative as a distinct semantic type -- An opinionated conclusion -- Appendix A. Possible worlds and semantics -- Appendix B. Modality in possible-word semantics -- Appendix C. Stalnaker's common-ground model of assertion -- Glossary.
Grammar, Comparative and general