Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine the functions and properties of negative imperative sentences, and the interrelation between imperative sentences and negation. Negative declarative sentences are used in contexts where the corresponding affirmative is presupposed. Likewise, negative imperative sentences are used following affirmative events, against which negative imperative sentences are uttered. Moreover, volition and the time of these events both affect negative imperative sentences by changing their function from one of "command" to one of "indignation", "deontic judgement", "evaluation" or "wish". In the data we find a number of sentences categorized as "indignation", "deontic judgement" and "evaluation", all of which are declarative functions. Among them, "evaluation" is proper to negative imperative sentences. These show that negative imperative sentences have a greater similarity to declarative sentences than do affirmative imperative sentences.
