Title: On the Mood Adverb "Give Me" Used in the Imperative Sentence
Abstract: The prepositional phrase give me and the verbal phrase used in the imperative sentence have two kinds of meaning.One meaning is for me or help me,the other is to emphasize a speaker's tone and to express a speaker's will.The give me in the latter meaning has its own peculiar feature:used in the imperative sentence it has become a mood adverb by grammaticalization;it only exists in the imperative sentence.The article analyzes and explains its peculiar feature from the aspects of syntax,meaning and function.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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