Mikhail Kissine: 2 books
by Mikhail Kissine
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Most of the time our utterances are automatically interpreted as speech acts: as assertions, conjectures and testimonies; as orders, requests and pleas; as threats, offers and promises. Surprisingly, the cognitive correlates of this essential component of human communication have received little attention....
by Mark Jary, Mikhail Kissine
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Imperative sentences usually occur in speech acts such as orders, requests, and pleas. However, they are also used to give advice, and to grant permission, and are sometimes found in advertisements, good wishes and conditional constructions. Yet, the relationship between the form of imperatives, and...