Imperative clauses are recognized as one of the major clause types alongside those known as declarative and interrogative. Nevertheless, they are still an enigm

The legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things through the sound of his lyre and

Imperatives and directive strategies have intrigued both formalists and functionalists. They continue to search for the answers to questions like “what are th

The imperative clause is one of three major sentence types that have been found to be universal across the languages of the world. Compared to declaratives and

Research on left periphery phenomena has increased in the last 20 years, resulting in consistent studies from a wide range of languages and a fruitful debate on