jussiveness

Noun

jussiveness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being jussive.
   • Jussiveness is certainly a common factor of all four occurrences, but nʾ cannot be a simple verbal imperative ‘take!’ (with Samadi 115, to an unknown √*nā).1990, D[avid] N[eil] MacKenzie, “Commentary”, in The Khwarezmian Element in the Qunyat al-munya, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, →ISBN, page 89
   • In the same vein, the imperative reading on verbs arises from the syntactic checking of injunctive force and the pragmatic role feature of hearer – a relation that Zanuttini (2008) identifies as a Spec-head configuration between jussiveness and addressee features.2012, Virginia Hill, Mihaela Pirvulescu, “French Object Clitics, L1 and Left Periphery”, in Sandrine Ferré, Philippe Prévost, Laurice Tuller, Rasha Zebib, editors, Selected Proceedings of the Romance...

   Synonyms:

   jussivity