Interactive and Interpersonal Meanings of Grammatical Structures: A Cognitive Grammar Analysis of Selected Direct Directive Constructions in Polish

Interactive and Interpersonal Meanings of Grammatical Structures: A Cognitive Grammar Analysis of Selected Direct Directive Constructions in Polish
ISBN-10
3631872828
ISBN-13
9783631872826
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2022-01-28
Publisher
Studies in Philosophy of Language and Linguistics
Author
Agata Kochanska

Description

The work offers an analysis of the imperative, the periphrastic imperative, and the directive infinitive in Polish, with focus on how these grammatical structures are used in context to achieve particular kinds of interactive and interpersonal effects. The theoretical framework adopted for the study is Langacker's theory of cognitive grammar.