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

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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

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