Artículo
How much room for discourse in imperative? The lens of interface on English, Italian and Spanish*
Autor/es | Frascarelli, Mara
Jiménez Fernández, Ángel Luis |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Filología Inglesa (Lengua Inglesa) |
Fecha de publicación | 2021 |
Fecha de depósito | 2024-02-23 |
Resumen | This paper discusses root phenomena in imperative clauses, assuming as diagnostics conversational dynamics and the type of discourse categories that are admitted in their C-domain, through a systematic comparative interface ... This paper discusses root phenomena in imperative clauses, assuming as diagnostics conversational dynamics and the type of discourse categories that are admitted in their C-domain, through a systematic comparative interface investigation in three languages (English, Italian and Spanish) based on an original experimental work. This novel perspective sheds new light on the syntax-semantics mapping and the interface (syntax-prosody) properties of imperative clauses, embedding the relevant proposal in a cartographic framework of analysis. Based on a twofold distinction of root phenomena – those which are widely allowed in Common Ground-active (Type I) contexts and those which can occur in non-Common Ground-active contexts (Type II) – it is proposed that imperatives are non-Common Ground-active propositions with no update potential, thus allowing only Type II root phenomena. Syntactically, imperative clauses are dominated by a super-ordinate Speech Act Phrase, including the Speaker and the Addressee as co-arguments, which explains the blocking effects identified in imperatives. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN). España |
Identificador del proyecto | PGC2018-093774-B-I00 |
Asociado a la publicación | Frascarelli, M., & Jiménez‐Fernández, Á. L. (2021). How much room for discourse in imperative? The lens of interface on English, Italian and Spanish. Studia Linguistica, 75(3), 375-434. https://doi.org/10.1111/stul.12153 |
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