Category of politeness: Russian imperative speech clichés in dialogue
... clichés and investigates the role of pragmaticisation in their formation. The general properties of imperative clichés are described: most are either never employed with the negative particle ne [not] or are utilised exclusively with this particle. In speech communication, they function as reactions-impulses, i. e. the addresser uses one when reacting to the addressee's previous remark or their behaviour, simultaneously encouraging the addressee to perform an action or refrain from it. A significant part ...
