Non-declarative sentences such as interrogatives, imperatives and exclamations are analyzed together as a single class. The author gives a general characterization of all three types and shows that there are no other types of non-declarative sentences. Definitions are offered for the notions of declaration and presupposition.
These definitions are applicable to all types of sentence, both declarative and non-declarative. A defining characteristic of non-declarative sentences is that only strongly intensional operators can apply to them to form complex sentences. It is shown that this property of non-declaratives implies that such sentences do not have declarations.
A particular case of the relation between questions and conditionals is studied in more detail.
| ISBN: | 9789027225290 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1983 |
| Author: | Richard Zuber |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 133 pages |
| Series: | Pragmatics & Beyond |
| Genres: |
Grammar, syntax and morphology |
Non-declarative sentences such as interrogatives, imperatives and exclamations are analyzed together as a single class. The author gives a general characterization of all three types and shows that there are no other types of non-declarative sentences.
Non-Declarative Sentences features in the following genres: Grammar, syntax and morphology
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Non-Declarative Sentences was written by Richard Zuber and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
Non-Declarative Sentences has 133 pages
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