Exclamatives: An overview
-
Xavier Villalba
Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the different structures typically included under the category of exclamative sentences. After discussing the theoretical and empirical problems of defining an exclamative sentence-type, we consider the syntax and semantics of prototypical exclamative sentences, in comparison with interrogative and expressive constructions. Finally, we describe the illocutionary force of exclamative sentences as the prototypical way of performing exclamations.
Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the different structures typically included under the category of exclamative sentences. After discussing the theoretical and empirical problems of defining an exclamative sentence-type, we consider the syntax and semantics of prototypical exclamative sentences, in comparison with interrogative and expressive constructions. Finally, we describe the illocutionary force of exclamative sentences as the prototypical way of performing exclamations.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: Wh-Exclamatives
- Exclamatives: An overview 23
- On the role of IP-related functional categories in the derivation of wh-exclamatives 53
- “What a great paper!”: A semantic analysis of wh-exclamatives with predicates of personal taste 85
- Copular exclamatives and gender agreement 117
- The perception of wh-exclamatives, free small clauses, and wh-questions in Brazilian Portuguese 143
-
Part II: Imperatives
- Imperative clauses 173
- The verbal imperative in Brazilian capitals: An analysis of data from the Linguistic Atlas of Brazil Project 227
- Past imperatives 255
- Imperative sentences and their subjects 283
-
Part III: Wh-questions
- A framework for the study of Romance wh-questions, with special reference to Italo-Romance 315
- Using semantic inferences to distinguish between free relative and embedded questions: An analysis of ambiguous embedded clauses 359
- The left-peripheral syntax of Brazilian Portuguese cadê 387
- Aspects of the development of wh-questions in child Brazilian Portuguese 409
- Wh-questions, intervention effects and beyond: An assessment of Brazilian Portuguese-speaking schoolchildren’s linguistic abilities 441
- Subject index 461
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: Wh-Exclamatives
- Exclamatives: An overview 23
- On the role of IP-related functional categories in the derivation of wh-exclamatives 53
- “What a great paper!”: A semantic analysis of wh-exclamatives with predicates of personal taste 85
- Copular exclamatives and gender agreement 117
- The perception of wh-exclamatives, free small clauses, and wh-questions in Brazilian Portuguese 143
-
Part II: Imperatives
- Imperative clauses 173
- The verbal imperative in Brazilian capitals: An analysis of data from the Linguistic Atlas of Brazil Project 227
- Past imperatives 255
- Imperative sentences and their subjects 283
-
Part III: Wh-questions
- A framework for the study of Romance wh-questions, with special reference to Italo-Romance 315
- Using semantic inferences to distinguish between free relative and embedded questions: An analysis of ambiguous embedded clauses 359
- The left-peripheral syntax of Brazilian Portuguese cadê 387
- Aspects of the development of wh-questions in child Brazilian Portuguese 409
- Wh-questions, intervention effects and beyond: An assessment of Brazilian Portuguese-speaking schoolchildren’s linguistic abilities 441
- Subject index 461
