The expression of directive meaning: a corpus-based study on the variation between insubordinated if-clauses, imperatives and conditionals in contemporary spoken British and American English
- Autores: Beatriz Mato Míguez
- Directores de la Tesis: María José López Couso (dir. tes.), Teresa Fanego (codir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universidade de Santiago de Compostela ( España ) en 2016
- Idioma: español
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Ignacio M. Palacios Martínez (presid.), Cristina Suárez Gómez (secret.), Ana Elina Martínez Insua (voc.)
- Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Estudios Ingleses Avanzados: Lingüística, Literatura y Cultura por la Universidad de A Coruña; la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y la Universidad de Vigo
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- Tesis en acceso abierto en: MINERVA
- Resumen
This dissertation focuses on the analysis of insubordinated clauses introduced by if, as in "okay if you’d like to get dressed now" which differ from prototypical conditional clauses in that they lack the apodosis and in their illocutionary force is that of a polite request. these clauses are said to have undergone a process of insubordination, that is, “the conventionalized main-clause use of what, on primae facie grounds, appear to be formally subordinate clauses” (evans 2007: 367).
Athis dissertation intends to carry out a syncronic study of these constructions in contemporary spoken british and american english. through the use of linguistic corpora, this study will provide an analysis of their formal features, their grammatical status and their pragmatic functions, along with a comparison with the uses of other types of clauses with which they share illocutionary force, that is, imperatives and prototypical conditionals.
