THE IMPERATIVE SENTENCE: SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC DIFFERENCES IN GERMAN AND ALBANIAN Cover Image

DER AUFFORDERUNGSSATZ, SEINE SYNTAKTISCHEN UND SEMANTISCHEN DIFFERENZIERUNGEN IM DEUTSCHEN UND ALBANISCHEN
THE IMPERATIVE SENTENCE: SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC DIFFERENCES IN GERMAN AND ALBANIAN

Author(s): Ilir Krusha, Izer Maksuti
Subject(s): Syntax, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics
Published by: Универзитет »Гоце Делчев« - Штип
Keywords: German; Albanian; comparative analysis; imperatives; imperative sentences.

Summary/Abstract: This work aims to compare two languages that are very different in grammar and pro-nunciation, namely German and Albanian. Since the field of possible investigations in comparative linguistics is endless, the present work concentrates on imperative sen-tences and their respective lingual forms. In detailed analyzes of sentence examples, which are taken from common German-speaking and Albanian grammars, the differ-ences and similarities regarding imperative sentences are shown. As a regulatory framework serves the distinction in German grammar between sentences of request (‚Aufforderungssätze‘) and strict imperatives (commands). At the end of the work, the knowledge gained is summarized in an overview.