The grammar of imperatives and the imperatives of grammar. KU Leuven
Formal and Computational Linguistics (ComForT), Leuven, Universiteit Stellenbosch
Imperatives like Go away! or Don't touch that! are the linguistic expressions that humans use to get other humans to do, or not do, certain things (like going away or not touching something). Although imperatives are very prominent in child-directed speech, research to date has not systematically probed their significance for language acquisition. This project will address this gap in the literature, by conducting an empirically based ...