The Structure and Interpretation of Imperatives

Preface; 1. Introduction; Issues and Sketch of the Proposal; Theoretical Background; Outline of the Book; Notes; 2. Cross-linguistic Variation in the Compatibility between Imperatives and Negation; Introduction; Data and Issues; Previous Studies; A Puzzle Posed by the Clitic-like Nature of Negation; The Locus of Imperative Operator: C sub 0; Proposal; Apparent Counterexamples; Suppletion and Negative Commands; Conclusion; Notes 3. The Syntactic Evolution of the English Imperative;Introduction; Data and Issues; Infinitivals in Middle English; The Development of Do-support in Imperatives; Sequential Loss of Verb Movement; No Do-support in Infinitivals and Subjunctives; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes. 4. Feature Content of the Imperative Operator; Introduction; Feature Content of Imperative Operator; Subjunctives and Infinitivals with Directive Function; The Subjects of Imperatives; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Interpreting Imperatives: The Contribution of Mood and Force;Introduction; Logical Form of Imperatives; Consequences; Imperatives in Discourse; Conclusion; Notes;