Hypothetical mood
Epistemic grammatical mood
Hypothetical mood (abbreviated HYP) is an epistemic grammatical mood found in some languages (for example Lakota) which indicates that while a statement is not actually true, it could easily have been.[1] For instance, in English, "You know you shouldn't play with knives! You could have hurt someone!" conveys a meaning that would be expressed with the hypothetical mood in Lakota.
References
- ^ Loos, Eugene E.; Anderson, Susan; Day, Dwight H. Jr.; Jordan, Paul C.; Wingate, J. Douglas. "What is hypothetical mood?". Glossary of linguistic terms. SIL International. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
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Linguistic modalities and grammatical moods
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- Indicative/declarative
- Aggressive
- Energetic
- Evidential (Sensory)
- Generic/gnomic
- Mirative
Deontic (what should be) |
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Epistemic (what may be) |
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Dependent circumstances (what would be) |
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