Abstract
This chapter offers an introduction to Kratzer’s treatment of modal expressions in possible worlds semantics. It spells out a logical form (LF) for imperative sentences that takes into account their aspectual, temporal, and modal properties and provides a compositional interpretation. In particular, it is argued that imperatives contain a covert expression of necessity. Special attention is devoted to the interaction between tense and modality, as well as to the status of imperative subjects, and to the question of whether the modal operator at stake combines with propositions or with properties (i.e., impersonal vs. personal modality).
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