Comparative Concept: prohibitive (inf/cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
prohibitive (inf/cxn)
| Typ | information packaging (def) construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | prohibitive |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | prohibitive (inf/cxn) |
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Definition
a negative - imperative–hortative - speech act, and the construction that expresses that speech act. Example: English Don't be a fool! is an instance of a prohibitive; the construction uses a special prohibitive morpheme Don't to express prohibitive function. (Section 12.4.1)