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| − | Mood identifies the speaker's perspective on | + | Mood identifies the speaker's perspective on the proposition expressed by a [[Clause (definition)|clause]]. Sometimes, mood is inflected on the verb (referred to as mode or modality). In English, mood is typically expressed using modal auxiliaries as well (Eg. should, may, could). Typical moods include obligation, necessity, possibility, and ability. Mood is also sometimes used to refer to [[Sentence Type (definition)|sentence type]] such as [[Question (definition)|questions]], [[Imperative Mood (definition)|commands]] etc. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
| + | *[[Modal (definition)]] | ||
| + | *[[Auxiliary (definition)]] | ||
| + | *[[Sentence Type (definition)]] | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful! | ||
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_mood | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_mood | ||
Latest revision as of 06:39, 15 June 2012
Mood identifies the speaker's perspective on the proposition expressed by a clause. Sometimes, mood is inflected on the verb (referred to as mode or modality). In English, mood is typically expressed using modal auxiliaries as well (Eg. should, may, could). Typical moods include obligation, necessity, possibility, and ability. Mood is also sometimes used to refer to sentence type such as questions, commands etc.
See Also
External Links
The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
Reference
- Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
