The Japanese imperative
By: Axel Srahn
Series: Travaux de l'Institut de linguistique de Lund -- 54
Publisher: Lund University
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Lund
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9789188473066
Subjects: Japanese language; Grammar; Imperative
Notes: "The Faculties of Humanities and Theology. Centre for Languages and Literature."--Title page verso.

Extra t.p. with thesis statement and errata slip inserted.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Lund University, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278).

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Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements -- Conventions -- Abbreviations -- Introduction; title: The topic --; title: Why imperatives? Why Japanese? --; title: Basic terms and concepts --; title: Theoretical and methodological approach --; title: Structure of the thesis --; title: Imperatives and directive systems -- -- Introduction; title: What should 'imperative' mean? --; title: Commands, requests, and strategies --; title: Levels of imperativity, directivity --; title: Directive systems --; title: Summary --; title: Imperatives in semantic theory -- -- Introduction; title: Previous approaches --; title: The world gap model --; title: Summary --; title: Imperatives and other directive strategies in Japanese -- -- Introduction; title: General properties --; title: Imperative-based directive strategies --; title: Non-imperative directive strategies --; title: Summary --; title: The imperative in Japanese linguistics -- -- Introduction; title: Terminology and concepts --; title: Early approaches --; title: Modern approaches --; title: Summary --; title: Imperatives in written Japanese : a corpus-based view -- -- Introduction; title: Methodology --; title: Analysis and results --; title: Summary --; title: Conclusion --; title: Semantics-pragmatics interaction in Japanese imperatives -- -- Introduction; title: Illocutionary properties --; title: Layered model of the Japanese imperative --; title: Reported imperatives --; title: Imperative subjects --; title: Conclusion --; title: Grammaticalization studies -- -- Introduction; title: Derived strategies --; title: Imperative candidates --; title: Non-directive constructions --; title: Conclusion --; title: The Japanese imperative : past and future -- -- Introduction; title: The imperative in decline? --; title: Why directive systems change --; title: The imperative as quasi-archaism --; title: Preservatory factors --; title: Summary --; title: Conclusion ---- Contributions-- Prospects-- References.