A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Aim and scope of the book -- 1.2 Theoretical framework -- 1.3 Data -- 1.4 The structure of the book -- 1.5 Key concepts -- 1.5.1 Schema of the English imperative -- 1.5.2 Prototype of the English imperative -- 1.5.3 Force Exertion (outline) -- 1.5.4 Force Exertion (specific applications) -- 1.5.5 Second Person Subject -- 1.5.6 Compatibility between constructions -- Chapter 2. Observing English imperatives in action -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 What are the most frequent verbs in English imperatives? -- 2.3 Four most frequent verbs and their usage patterns -- 2.3.1 let's -- 2.3.2 tell -- 2.3.3 let -- 2.3.4 look -- 2.4 Four other frequent verbs -- 2.4.1 come and go -- 2.4.2 give and take -- 2.5 Overt negation -- 2.6 Common accompaniments of the English imperative -- 2.7 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 3. The meaning of the English imperative -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Previous research -- 3.2.1 Anti-force account -- 3.2.2 Illocutionary force account -- 3.2.3 Cognitive Grammar accounts of indirect directive speech acts -- 3.3 Inadequacies of previous anaylses -- 3.4 Schema of the English imperative -- 3.5 Prototype of the English imperative -- 3.5.1 Force Exertion -- 3.5.2 Specific applications -- 3.5.3 Second Person Subject -- 3.6 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 4. Accounting for some of the findings in Chapter 2 and the choice between imperatives and i -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Accounting for some of the findings in Chapter 2 -- 4.2.1 Preference for first person objects -- 4.2.2 The systematic appearance of overt negation with a specific class of verbs and adjectives.

4.3 Choosing between plain imperatives and indirect directives -- 4.3.1 Previous claims -- 4.3.2 Indirect directives in The Sky is Falling -- 4.3.3 Plain imperatives in The Sky is Falling -- 4.4 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 5. Mixed imperative constructions: Passive, progressive, and perfective imperatives in Engli -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Constructions and compatibility between constructions -- 5.3 Imperatives with passive verbs -- 5.4 Imperatives with perfect verbs -- 5.5 Imperatives with progressive verbs -- 5.6 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 6. Conditional imperatives in English -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Previous findings and proposals -- 6.2.1 Non-Relevance Theoretic accounts -- 6.2.2 Relevance Theoretic account -- 6.3 Problems with Relevance Theoretic and non-RT analyses -- 6.4 And conditional imperatives: A Construction Grammar account -- 6.4.1 The and conditional imperative as a distinct construction -- 6.4.2 Left-subordinating and -- 6.4.3 The imperative in the and conditional imperative is not allowed to exert maximally strong forc -- 6.5 Or conditional imperatives: A Construction Grammar account -- 6.5.1 Asymmetric or -- 6.5.2 The imperative in the or conditional imperative is not only prototypical but maximally strong -- 6.6 Stative predicates in or conditional imperatives -- 6.7 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 7. English imperatives in concessive clauses -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Previous research -- 7.3 Imperatives in concessive clauses -- 7.4 Imperatives in reason clauses -- 7.5 Explaining the findings -- 7.5.1 Compatibility between constructions -- 7.5.2 Why do concessive adverbial clauses allow imperatives both in rhetorical and ordinary use? -- 7.5.3 Why do even though clauses tend to disallow imperatives? -- 7.6 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 8. Japanese imperatives -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Basics of Japanese imperatives.

8.3 Japanese imperatives and Force Exertion -- 8.3.1 Japanese translations of prototypical English imperatives -- 8.3.2 Japanese translations of non-prototypical English imperatives -- 8.4 Mixed imperative constructions in Japanese: The case of passive imperatives -- 8.4.1 Nitta's (1991) account of passive imperatives with command forms -- 8.4.2 Passive imperatives with sitemiro 'try' -- 8.4.3 Accounting for the findings -- 8.5 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 9. Conclusions and prospects -- Note -- References -- Data sources -- Name index -- Subject index.