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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781549403321

Autore

Zuber Ryszard

Titolo

Non-declarative sentences / / Richard Zuber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1983

ISBN

1-283-35950-2

9786613359506

90-272-8036-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 pages)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0166-6258 ; ; 4:2

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Sentences

English language - Interrogative

English language - Imperative

English language - Interjections

English language - Semantics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

NON-DECLARATIVE SENTENCES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 0. INTRODUCTION; 1. INTENSIONAL RELATIONS; 2. INDIRECT NON-DECLARATIVES; 3. UNDERSTANDING QUESTIONS; 4. NON-DECLARATIVES; 5. QUESTIONS AND CONDITIONALS; 6.TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS; FOOTNOTES; NOTES; REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

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.