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

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 inv

The legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things through the sound of his lyre and

This volume examines several aspects of the syntax of imperative clauses in English and in a variety of other Germanic languages in the context of the challenge

This volume offers the first comprehensive description of English imperatives made from a Cognitive Linguistic perspective. It proposes a new way of explaining