Verb category of mood

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8. Category of mood

8. Category of mood

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the most controversial verbal category no universally accepted classification of moods:

the most controversial verbal category
no universally accepted classification of

moods:
16 (M. Deutschbein)
no mood at all (L. S. Barkhudarov).
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cause: identical mood forms can express different meanings and different forms can express similar meanings

cause:
identical mood forms can express different meanings

and different forms can express similar meanings
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mood = the relation of the action expressed by the verb

mood = the relation of the action expressed by the

verb to reality from the speaker’s point of view
it shows whether the action is real or unreal.
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+ the direct (indicative) mood forms - the oblique mood forms

+
the direct (indicative) mood forms

-
the oblique mood forms

The

category of mood

shows that the process is real
e.g.: She helped me;
She helps me;
She will help me

shows that the process is unreal
(hypothetical, possible or impossible, desired, etc.)
e.g.: If only she helped me!

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Different classifications of the oblique mood types are based on formal

Different classifications of the oblique mood types are based
on

formal criteria
on functional criteria.
all the oblique mood types have the meaning of unreality,
? can be called subjunctive
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SUBJUNCTIVE I expresses various attitudes of the speaker = the mood

SUBJUNCTIVE I

expresses various attitudes of the speaker
= the mood of

attitudes, or the spective mood
(the Latin word for “attitude”).
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SUBJUNCTIVE I The form of subjunctive I = bare infinitive: e.g.:

SUBJUNCTIVE I

The form of subjunctive I = bare infinitive:
e.g.:

Long live the king!
Whatever your mother say, I won’t give up;
I demand that the case be investigated thoroughly;
It is imperative there be no more delays in our plans.
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form = the past tense forms of the verbs in the

form = the past tense forms of the verbs in the

indicative mood.
is used mostly in the subordinate clauses of complex sentences with causal-conditional relations
generalized meaning = unreal condition:
cf.: She behaved as if she tried.
She behaved as she would behave if she tried.
It’s high time she tried to change the situation.
Subjunctive II =“conditional mood”

SUBJUNCTIVE II

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= the form of the verb which denotes the consequence of

= the form of the verb which denotes the consequence of

an unreal condition in the principal part of the conditional sentences
form = analytical future in the past tense forms of verbs in the indicative mood
(If she tried), she would manage it;
Without you she wouldn’t manage it;
(Even if she tried), she wouldn’t manage it.

SUBJUNCTIVE III

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- is built with the help of modal verbs may/might +

- is built with the help of modal verbs
may/might +

infinitive = wish, desire, hope, and supposition in some contexts (with the words “whatever, however, though”, etc.)
e.g.:I hoped he might come soon (cf.: I hoped that he come soon);
Whatever he might say I am not afraid of him (cf.: Whatever he say, I am not afraid of him);

SUBJUNCTIVE IV

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2. should + infinitive = supposition, suggestion, speculation, recommendation, inducements of

2. should + infinitive = supposition, suggestion, speculation, recommendation, inducements of

various types and degrees of intensity
e.g.: Whatever my mother should say about him, we’ll marry one day (cf. with subjunctive I: Whatever my mother say about him, we’ll marry one day);
It is obligatory that she should be present at the meeting (cf.: It is obligatory that she be present at the meeting).
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3. constructions with the verb to let expressing inducement, e.g.: Let’s

3. constructions with the verb to let expressing inducement,
e.g.: Let’s

agree to differ; Let him do it his own way!
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subjunctive IV = = the modal spective mood subjunctive I = the pure spective.

subjunctive IV =
= the modal spective mood
subjunctive

I = the pure spective.
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