Syntactic Issues in the English Imperative

This study, first published in 1998, provides a close investigation of central syntactic issues in the English imperative clause type. It argues that the imperative has largely regular syntactic behaviour within a conventional conception of English clause structure. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

Eric Potsdam

Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Clausal Syntax 2. Verb Raising 3. Imperative Subjects 4. Do(n't) in Imperatives 5. The Phrase Structure of Imperatives 6. Do Not in Imperatives; References; Index