Romanic, Germanic and Oriental languages
IMPERATIVE VERBS AS THE MAIN MEANS OF REALIZATION OF THE IMPERATIVE SEMANTICS IN MODERN CHINESE
Published 2017-11-27
Keywords
- Chinese,
- modality,
- imperative verb,
- functional semantic field
Abstract
The article deals with the imperative verbs as the main means of realization of the imperative semantics in modern Chinese. The article focuses upon the peculiarities of the functioning of the imperative verbs in the speech and on the interpretation of the imperative semantics by the speaker.