Mood in the Languages of Europe

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Mood in the Languages of Europe
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Preface
List of contributors
List of Abbreviations
Moods, moods, moods
1. In the mood for moods
2. What is mood?
3. What's the name of the moods?
4. How many moods can a language have?
5. Is it mood?
6. One and one is one
7. Moods and tenses
8. If I had a hammer.
9. Summary: That's the way it is
References
Part I. Germanic
Mood in Icelandic
1. Introduction
2. Verbal categories
2.1 An overview
2.2. Inflection
2.3 Auxiliary verbs
2.4. Imperatives and exhortatives
2.5. Participles and infinitives
2.6. The (indicative) tense system
3. The subjunctive
3.1 Morphology
3.2. Main clause subjunctives
3.3. Embedded subjunctives: Their use and meaning
3.4. Tense interpretation in subordinate clauses.
4. Conclusion
References
Mood in Norwegian
1. Introduction
2. Verbal categories in Norwegian
3. Mood categories in Norwegian
3.1 Imperative
3.2 Subjunctive
4. Substituting for the non-indicative moods
4.1 The light verb la
4.2 Kanskje, mon and tro/tru
4.3. Tenses
4.4 Modals
4.5. Past participle
5. Expression of mood in Norwegian
References
Mood in Swedish
1. Introduction
2. Verbal categories in Swedish
3. Mood categories in Swedish
3.1 The imperative
3.2 The preterite subjunctive
3.3 The present subjunctive
4. Substituting for the non-indicative moods
4.1 The indicative
4.2 The evidential present perfect
5. Conclusion
References
Mood in Danish
1. Introduction
2. Inflexional mood
3. Distality
4. The secondary mood system: S-passive and periphrastic passive
4.1 Old Danish Mood
4.2 The modern passive mood
5. Morphology prompts word order
5.1 Mood in subordinate clauses
5.2 Mood in main clauses
6. Mood in the declarative pattern: Realis vs. Non-realis
6.1 Filled-in Fundamental Field
6.2 Empty Fundamental Field
7. How is it mood?
References
Mood in English
1. Introduction
2. The English verbal system
3. The development of mood in English
4. Mood in contemporary English
4.1 Indicative
4.2 Subjunctive
4.2.1 Present subjunctive
4.2.2 Past subjunctive
4.3 Imperative
4.4 Prohibitive
5. let
6. Non-inflectional mood
7. Conclusion
References
Mood in Dutch
1. Introduction
2. The verbal categories
3. The mood categories in Dutch
3.1 The non-finite subcategories
3.2 The finite subcategories of the indicative
3.3 The finite subcategories of the subjunctive
3.4 The finite subcategories of the imperative
4. Meaning and use of the subjunctive mood
4.1 Subjunctive mood in main clauses
4.2 Subjunctive mood in subordinate clauses
4.3 Alternative expressions
5. Conclusion
References
Mood in German
1. Introduction
2. The subjunctive
2.1 Morphology
2.1.1 Present subjunctive
2.1.2 Preterite subjunctive
2.1.3 Subjunctive 1 and subjunctive 2
2.1.4 würde + infinitive
2.2 Functions of the subjunctive
2.2.1 Subjunctive 1
2.2.2 Subjunctive 2
2.2.3 Reported speech
2.2.4 würde + infinitive
3. The imperative
3.1 The paradigm
3.2 Morphology
3.3 Use of the imperative
4. Conclusion
References
Part II. Romance
Mood in French
1. Introduction
2. The verb in French grammar
2.1 Morphology
2.2 The verbal system
2.2.1 Moods
2.2.2 Tenses and aspectual oppositions
3. Moods
3.1. The imperative
3.2 The subjunctive
3.2.1 Independent (main) clauses
3.2.2 Complement clauses
3.2.3 Adverbial clauses
3.2.4 Relative clauses
4. Indirect discourse
5. Conclusions
References
Mood in Portuguese
1. Introduction
2. Morphological aspects of the Portuguese mood system
3. Mood distribution in Portuguese
3.1 Subjunctive in main clauses
3.2. Subjunctive in subordinate clauses
3.2.1 Mood selection in argument clauses
3.2.2 Mood selection in relative clauses
3.2.3 Mood in adverbial clauses
4. The 'semantics' of mood
5. Competing structures - some remarks on the Infinitive
6. Concluding remarks
References
Mood in Spanish
1. Introduction
2. The temporal-aspectual system of Spanish
3. The subjunctive
3.1 Subjunctive morphology
3.2 Temporal and aspectual relations
3.3 The meaning and uses of the subjunctive
3.3.1 Argument clauses
3.3.2 Relative clauses
3.3.3 Adverbial and/or adjunct clauses
3.3.4 Root contexts
4. The conditional
References
Mood in Catalan
1. Introduction
2. Verbal categories
3. Mood categories
3.1 Main clause uses of non-indicative moods
3.1.1 Imperative
3.1.2 Subjunctive
3.2 Embedded uses of moods
3.2.1 Argument clauses
3.2.2 Relative clauses
3.2.3 Adjunct clauses
3.3 Modal uses of indicative mood
4. Conclusions
References
Mood in Italian
1. Italian
2. The Italian verb system
3. Italian moods
3.1 Subjunctive
3.2 Imperative
3.3 Other moods?
3.4 Restrictions of moods to specific tense-aspect
3.5 Syntactic restrictions
4. Meaning and use of the Italian moods
4.1 Subjunctive
4.1.1 Complement clauses
4.1.2 Adverbial clauses
4.1.3 Relative clauses
4.1.4 Subjunctive and Imperative in independent non-declarative clauses
4.2 Conditional
5. Analytic mood markers?
6. Conclusion
References
Mood in Rumanian
1. Introduction
2. Morphology: Present Indicative, Present Subjunctive and the competing Conditional
3. Mood in Rumanian
3.1 Main clause contexts
3.2 Contexts of subordination
3.2.1 Substantive (complement) clauses
3.2.2 Relative ('adjective') clauses
3.2.3 Adverbial clauses
3.2.3.1 Purpose, consecutive and comparative clauses
3.2.3.2 Temporal clauses
3.2.3.3 Conditionals and concessive-conditionals
3.4 Competitions between the Subjunctive and the Conditional
3.5. Sa-constructions in Infinitive contexts (the so-called 'Balkan infinitive'
4. Concluding remarks
References
Part III. Celtic
Mood in Irish
1. Introduction
2. The imperative mood
2.1 Function and status of the Irish imperative
2.2 Impersonal/autonomous forms
2.3 Imperatives in concessive clauses
3. The subjunctive mood
3.1 The verbal morphology
3.2 Usage
3.2.1 Non-finite structures
3.2.2 Go as a temporal conjunction
3.2.3 Explicitness and pragmatic strengthening
3.2.4 The development of ach(t) go
4. The Conditional
4.1 The Morphology
4.2 Conditional sentences and the expression of mood
4.3 Concessives
4.4 Conditional markers
4.4.1 The conditional and new markers
4.4.2 The restrictive conditionals acht (go) and ach má
4.5 Negative conditionals
4.6 Conditionals and the realis-irrealis continuum
4.6.1 Diachronic changes
4.6.2 Indefinite antecedents
4.7 The conditional in indirect speech
5. Conjunction and complementizer sequences
6. Conclusion
Abbreviations
References
Mood in Breton
1. Historical and sociolinguistic background
2. Linguistic background
3. Evolution of the Breton TAM sets and values
4. The Future
5. Two conditionals
6. The Imperative
7. Conclusion
Abbreviations and symbols in glosses
Mood in Welsh
1. Introduction
2. The verbal system in Welsh
3. Mood categories
3.1 Imperative mood
3.2 Subjunctive mood
3.3 The Potential and Irrealis tenses in the 'Typical' Domain of the subjunctive
4. Conclusion
Abbreviations
References
Part IV. Slavic
Mood in Russian
1. Introduction
2. The verbal categories in Russian
3. The mood subcategories
3.1 Morphology of non-indicative moods
3.1.1 The Conditional
3.1.2 Some remarks on the diachronic development of the conditional
3.1.3 The imperative
3.2 Restrictions of non-indicative moods to specific tenses/aspects/voices
1.3 Meaning and use of non-indicative moods
3.3.1 Conditional
3.3.1.1 Conditional in main and subordinated clause
3.3.1.2 Conditional in subordinated clauses
3.3.1.3 Main clause usage of the conditional
3.3.2 Imperative
4. Conclusion
References
Mood in Polish
1. Introduction
2. The verbal categories in Polish
3. The mood subcategories
3.1 Morphology of non-indicative moods
3.1.1 The Conditional
3.1.2 Some remarks on the diachronic development of the conditional
3.1.3 The imperative
3.2 Restrictions of non-indicative moods to specific tenses/ aspects/ voices
3.3 Meaning and use of non-indicative moods
3.3.1 Conditional
3.3.1.1 Conditional in main and subordinated clause
3.3.1.2 Dependent conditional in subordinated clauses (subjunctive)
3.3.1.3 Independent conditional in main clauses
3.3.1.4 Specific behaviour with modals
3.3.2 Imperative
4. Conclusion
References
Mood in Czech and Slovak
1. Introduction
2 Verbal categories in Czech and Slovak
3. The mood categories in Czech and Slovak
3.1 Morphology of non-indicative moods
3.2 Restrictions of non-indicative moods
3.3 Meaning and use of non-indicative moods
3.3.1 The imperative
3.3.2 Conditional
3.3.3 Infinitives
4. Other expressions for non-indicative moods
5. Conclusion
Abbreviations
Primary sources
References
Mood in Sorbian
1. Introduction
2. The verbal categories of Sorbian
2.1 The category of tense
2.2 The category of aspect
2.3 The category of voice
3. The category of mood in Sorbian
3.1 Morphology of non-indicative moods
3.1.1 Infinitive, imperative and jussive
3.1.2 The conditional mood
3.2 Meaning and use of non-indicative moods
3.2.1 Infinitive, imperative and jussive
3.2.2 The conditional mood
4. Conclusion
References
Mood in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian
1. Introduction
2. The verbal categories in BCS
3. The mood categories in BCS
3.1 Morphology of non-indicative moods
3.1.1 The subjunctive
3.1.2 The imperative
3.1.3 The optative
3.2 Restrictions of non-indicative moods to specific tenses/aspects/voices
3.3 Meaning and use of non-indicative moods
3.3.1 The subjunctive
3.3.2 The synthetic imperative and optative constructions
4. Conclusion
Abbreviations
References
Mood in Bulgarian and Macedonian
1. Balkan Slavic: Bulgarian and Macedonian
2. The major finite non-modal verbal categories
3. Mood domains in Bulgarian and Macedonian
3.1 The imperative domain
3.2 The conditional domain
3.3 The subjunctive domain
3.4 Evidentiality
4. Conclusion
References
Part V. Baltic
Mood in Latvian and Lithuanian
1. Introductory remarks
2. The repertoire of moods in Lithuanian and Latvian
3. Imperatives and hortative constructions
4. The irrealis
4.1 Forms
4.2 Functions
4.2.1 Counterfactive uses
4.2.2 Counterfactivity marking on modal verbs
4.2.3 Irrealis in non-factive subordinate clauses
4.2.4 Irrealis in questions
4.2.5 Deontic uses of the irrealis
4.2.6 Politeness functions
4.2.7 Irrealis and presupposed information
4.2.8 Usage types not represented by the Baltic irrealis
5. Forms of doubtful status in Lithuanian and Latvian grammar
5.1 Evidential forms
5.2 The Latvian debitive
6. Interpretive use of imperatives and hortatives
7. Mood and tense
8. Mood in subordination
8.1 Mood in complementation
8.2 Mood in other forms of subordination
9. Subjunctive or irrealis?
Abbreviations
References
Part VI. Other Indo-European languages
Mood in Albanian
1. Introduction
2. The verbal categories of Standard Albanian
2.1 The category of tense
2.2 The category of aspect
2.3 The category of voice
3. Morphology of non-indicative moods
3.1 The imperative mood
3.2 The optative mood
3.3 The admirative mood
3.4 The subjunctive mood
3.5 The jussive mood
3.6 The conditional mood
3.7 The possibilitative mood
3.8 The obligative mood
3.9 The volitive mood
3.10 The hypothetical mood
3.11 Restrictions of non-indicative moods to specific tenses and aspects
4. Meaning and use of non-indicative moods
4.1 Meaning and use of the imperative
4.2 Meaning and use of the optative
4.3 Meaning and use of the admirative
4.4 Meaning and use of the subjunctive
4.5 Meaning and use of the jussive
4.6 Meaning and use of the conditional
4.7 Meaning and use of the possibilitative, obligative and volitive
4.8 Meaning and use of the hypothetical
5. Conclusion
References
Mood in Greek
1. Introduction
1.1 The Greek language
1.2 Words vs. stress units
1.3 Verbal categories in Greek
2. Mood in Greek
2.1 The Greek mood system
2.1.1 The Indicative pattern
2.1.1.1 Indicative without ?a
2.1.1.2 Indicative with ?a
2.1.2 The subjunctive pattern
2.1.2.1 The subjunctive pattern in main clauses
2.1.2.1.2 Wishes and curses
2.2 The Imperative
3. Other expressions of modality
3.1 Negative questions as polite impositions
3.2 Modal verbs
3.3 The passive
References
Sources
Mood in Modern Eastern Armenian
1. Introduction - a sketch of Modern Eastern Armenian
2. Subjunctive
2.1 Morphology
2.2 Meaning and functions
2.2.1 Subjunctive Present
2.2.1.1 Simple sentences
2.2.1.2 In subordinated clauses in complex sentences
2.2.2 Subjunctive Past
3. Conditional
3.1 Morphology of Conditional
3.2 Meaning and functions of Conditional
3.2.1 Conditional Present
3.2.1.1 Simple sentences
3.2.1.2 In subordinate clauses
3.2.2 Conditional Past
4. Debitive
4.1 Morphology of Debitive
4.2 Meanings and functions of Debitive
4.2.1 Debitive Present
4.2.2 Debitive Past
5. Imperative
5.1 Morphology of Imperative
5.2 Meaning and function of Imperative
6. Conclusion
References
Part VII. Finno-Ugric
Mood in Finnish
1. Finnish among the Finno-Ugrian languages
2. The verbal categories in Finnish
2.1 Person, number, tense and voice marking on Finnish verbs
2.2 Mood marking
2.3 Negation
3. The non-indicative moods
3.1 The meaning and use of the imperative
3.2 The meaning and use of the conditional
3.3 The meaning and use of the Potential
4. The use of the non-indicative moods in indirect discourse
5. Other expressions of modal meanings
6. Conclusions
References
Mood in Estonian*
1. Introduction
2 Verb categories of Estonian
3. Mood categories in Estonian
3.1 Imperative
3.2 Conditional
3.3 Quotative
3.4 Jussive and particle las
4. Conclusions
Abbreviations
References
Mood in Hungarian
1. Introduction
2. General information about Hungarian
3. The verbal categories
4. Mood: basic illocutions
4.1 Assertive
4.2 Questioning
4.2.1 Polar Interrogative
4.2.2 Content Interrogative
4.3 Behavioural illocution
4.3.1 Imperative
4.3.2 Hortative
4.3.3 Prohibitive
4.3.4 Dishortative
4.3.5 Admonitive
4.3.6 Supplicative
5. Mood: modalities
6. Mood: Conditional
7. Conclusion
Abbreviations
References
Appendix 1. Verbal paradigm
Appendix 2. Question words in Hungarian
Part VIII. Other European languages
Mood in Maltese
1. Introduction
2. Verbal categories
2.1 Morphology of the Indicative and Imperative moods
2.2 The morphology of the non-finite verb forms
2.3 The morphology and morphosyntax of voices
2.3.1 The inherited derivational system
2.3.2 The periphrastic constructions
3. The modal uses of the two basic aspects
3.1 The modal uses of the Perfective
3.2 The modal uses of the Imperfective
3.2.1 Epistemic uses
3.2.2 Optative
3.2.3 Hortative
3.2.4 Prohibitive
4. The modal auxiliaries
4.1 The epistemic auxiliary ikun 'be'
4.2 The polysemous auxiliary jaf 'know'
4.3 The polysemous auxiliary seta' 'can'
4.4 The polysemous auxiliary ghandu/kellu/ikollu 'have'
5. Conclusion
References
Mood in Turkish
1. Introduction
2. Verbal categories of Turkish
3. Mood categories in Turkish
3.1 Morphology of non-indicative moods
3.1.1 Imperative, voluntative, optative
3.1.2 Irrealis
3.1.3 Necessitative
3.1.4 Conditional
3.1.5 Possibility
3.2 Restrictions of non-indicative moods
3.3 Meaning and use of non-indicative moods
3.3.1 Commands, demands etc.
3.3.2 Counterfactual wishes with the irrealis
3.3.3 Necessitative
3.3.4 Conditional
3.3.5 Possibility
4. Other expressions for non-indicative moods
4.1 Modal values of some aspecto-temporal suffixes
4.2 The copula elements -DIr and =(y)mIs
4.3 gerek and lazım
5. Conclusion
Abbreviations
References
Mood in Modern Georgian
1. Introduction
2. The verbal morphology of Georgian
3. The patterns of tense-mood assignment
3.1 Preliminaries
3.2 The future-oriented predicate-class pattern
3.3 The modal predicate-class pattern
3.4 The attitudinal predicate-class pattern
3.5 The future subjunctive
4. Bare subjunctives in main clauses
4.1 Subjunctives of wish and of possibility
4.2 Subjunctives in interrogative clauses
5. The modal uses of the indicative in main clauses
5.1 Indicatives expressing wishes
5.2 Future and conditional
6. Imperatives, prohibitives and subjunctives
7. The subjunctive in adverbial clauses
8. Conclusion
Abbreviations
References
Mood in Basque
1. Different degrees of grammaticalization
2. Mood as a grammatical category
2.1 Subjunctive
2.1.1 Stem alternation
2.1.2 Functions
2.2 Potential
2.3 Future and Conditional
3. Modal operators
3.1 ezin (inhibitive)
3.2 behar (obligative)
3.3 nahi (volitive)
3.4 ahal (potentative)
3.5 al (interrogative)
3.6 ote (speculative)
3.7 bide (inferential)
3.8 omen (reportative)
3.9 ari (progressive)
3.10 ohi (habitual)
4. Summary
Abbreviations
References
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