The Imperative Tag: A Thing Apart.

Bouton, Lawrence F.

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Imperative Tag: A Thing Apart.

Bouton, Lawrence F.

World Englishes, v9 n1 p37-51 Spr 1990

Examines imperatives regarding their different construction forms as well as the syntactic and pragmatic features of the imperative stem that influence the form and meaning of the tag attached to it. The conclusion is drawn that the imperative tag cannot be best analyzed as merely a frozen expression. (GLR)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Semantics, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Syntax, Tagmemic Analysis

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Language: English

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