Imperative sentences with assertive mood

Author

Pu Li ; Hao Zhao

Author_Institution

Coll. of Language, Xinjiang Univ., Urumqi, China

fYear

2014

fDate

20-22 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

37

Abstract

Imperative sentences with assertive mood(ISAM), being positioned between typical declarative sentences and typical imperative sentences, appear as declarative sentences, but perform the function of imperative sentences. They are characterized by their verbs indicating action classification and the verbs are named “performative verbs”. The essay firstly explains why an imperative sentence with assertive mood can perform imperative function considering its formation and reveals the way an imperative sentence with assertive mood takes to transform from a declarative sentence to an imperative sentence. Secondly, performative verbs are categorized and their distances with imperative function are presented. Finally, based on the elements attached to the performative verbs, ISAM are classified into four categories.

Keywords

grammars; natural language processing; pattern classification; ISAM; action classification; declarative sentences; imperative sentences with assertive mood; performative verb; verbs; Color; Educational institutions; Mood; Next generation networking; Nickel; Semantics; Transforms; Imperative sentences with assertive mood; imperative function; performative verbs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Asian Language Processing (IALP), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuching

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IALP.2014.6973478

Filename

6973478