Open AccessRising Imperatives
Author(s) -
Deniz Rudin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
proceedings from semantics and linguistic theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-5951
pISSN - 2163-5943
DOI - 10.3765/salt.v28i0.4408
Subject(s) - computer science
This paper provides an account of imperatives accompanied by rising intonation, formalized within the Table model. It argues that rising imperatives are conventionally weak, lacking speaker commitment.