Commissive Force ( Concept )
http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/CommissiveForce


Thing
      |_ Abstract
            |_ Linguistic Property
                  |_ Morphosyntactic Property
                        |_ Force Property
                              |_ Commissive Force

Definition:

CommisiveForce indicates that the speaker promises or threatens to perform some action [Palmer 2001, 10, 72].



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Language Code: wyb Commisive encodes that the speaker promises or threatens to perform some action (Palmer 2001: 10, 72).
2009-06-04 13:28:06
waŋa:y-ndu-galdhagurma-guyana-y-aga
NEG-2.NOM-PLcemetery-DATgo-COMM-IRR
You shall none of you go to the cemetery

References:
Palmer (2001:36)


PropertiesValuesDefinition
abbreviation Thing     The abbreviated form representing a scientific term, e.g., ACC, 2, CL.
argument Clause     The syntactic entity about which something is predicated.
feature Linguistic Property     The relation between a linguistic unit and a linguistic feature. A feature inheres in its host. NOTE: this relation is distinct from the hasFeature which pertains to data structures.
has Example Thing    
has Page Information Thing    
predicate Clause     The predicate is the relation between the Clause and a portion of a clause, excluding the subject, that expresses something about the subject [Crystal 1980, 280; Hartmann and Stork 1972, 182; Pei and Gaynor 1954, 173; Pike and Pike 1982, 40; Crystal 1985, 241-242].

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