This volume contains ten articles exploring a wide range of issues in the analysis of the imperative clause from a generative perspective. The language data inv

The imperative clause is one of three major sentence types that have been found to be universal across the languages of the world. Compared to declaratives and

The legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things through the sound of his lyre and

This volume examines several aspects of the syntax of imperative clauses in English and in a variety of other Germanic languages in the context of the challenge

This book studies the properties of imperative clauses in the context of a theory of Universal Grammar. Daniela Isac argues that the specificity of imperative c