Imperative Construction in English : a Syntactic Analysis

Color poster with text and images.In English, commands, requests, assertions, instructions, etc. are typically expressed by sentences called imperatives. Because English does not provide specific morphological markers to differentiate between imperatives and other constructions, speakers must rely on other factors in order to determine the intent of such an utterance. This study examined how imperative constructions work in English.University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Program