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In [[linguistics]], '''sentence function''' refers to a speaker's purpose in uttering a specific sentence, phrase, or clause. Whether a listener is present or not is sometimes irrelevant. It answers the question: "Why has this been said?" The four basic sentence functions in the world's languages include the ''declarative'', ''interrogative'', ''exclamative'', and the ''imperative''. These correspond to a ''statement'', ''question'', ''exclamation'', and ''command'' respectively. Typically, a sentence goes from one function to the next through a combination of changes in word order, intonation, the addition of certain auxiliaries or particles, or other times by providing a special verbal form. The four main categories can be further specified as being either ''communicative'' or ''informative''.
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====Imperative====
An imperative sentence gives anything from a command or order, to a request, direction, or instruction. Imperative sentences are more intentional than exclamatory sentences and ''do'' require an audience; as their aim is to get the person(s) being addressed either to do or to not do something. And although this function usually deals with the immediate temporal vicinity, its scope can be extended, i.e. you can order somebody to ''move out as soon as you find yourself a job''. The negative imperative can also be called the ''prohibitive'' and the inclusive plural imperative, the ''hortative''. It is debatable whether the imperative is only truly possible in the second person. The vocative case of nouns can be said to indicate the imperative as well since it does not seek information, but rather a reaction from the one being addressed. An imperative can end in either a period or an exclamation point depending on delivery.
* ''Look at me.''
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*'''Exclamative interrogative''' (interrogative structure with exclamative function): ''Why does this keep happening to me?''
**I might utter this phrase only to vent out my frustration vocally.
*'''Imperative declarative''' (declarative structure with imperative function): ''I would feel more comfortable if you wore your seatbelt.''
**If I say this to you I'm strongly urging you to buckle up.
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