grammatical mood
Let an agent explain grammatical mood, relay major moods, marking and cross-linguistic variation from linguistic sources, describe the named moods, and distinguish mood from tense, aspect, modality as a broader concept and voice.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain grammatical mood, relay major moods, marking and cross-linguistic variation from linguistic sources, describe the named moods, and distinguish mood from tense, aspect, modality as a broader concept and voice.
A grammatical category of the verb that expresses the speaker s attitude to what is said, such as whether it is a statement of fact, a command, a wish, a possibility or a condition, with moods the registry aliases name including the indicative for facts, the irrealis for unreal situations, the suppositive and hypothetical moods, the benedictive for blessings and the Latin subjunctive or conjunctivus, along with mood in Korean as a language-specific topic; moods are marked by verb inflection, particles or auxiliaries depending on the language, and they interact closely with tense and aspect in tense-aspect-mood systems.
What it is for: Expressing the speaker s attitude in grammar.
It can be explain the category; relay major moods; describe named moods; distinguish related categories.
Distinguishing features
Verb category
Reality and attitude
Language-specific marking
Interacts with tense and aspect
What it looks like
Not a physical object; verb forms and markers in sentences.
Physical character
common moods: indicative, imperative, subjunctive, conditional list
realis and irrealis: real versus unreal note
registry parents: grammatical aspect, tense-aspect-mood, grammatical category note
How it is recognised
Verb category expressing attitude or reality status
Mood in Korean, hypothetical mood, suppositive, Latin conjunctivus, irrealis, benedictive
Tense marks time; aspect marks how an action unfolds; modality is the broader meaning; voice marks the subject-action relation
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is part of -
is contrasted with -
is related to -
In practice
Families and kinds
indicative
imperative
subjunctive and conditional
optative and benedictive
irrealis moods
Standards and regulation
Not applicable
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing mood, tense and aspect
Assuming one language s moods are universal
Conflating mood and modality
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What grammatical mood is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is grammatical mood, and how does it differ from tense, aspect, modality and voice? definition
- Is the question about a specific language or general grammar? boundary
Moods
Named moods.
Moods
Moods.
- What are the indicative, subjunctive, irrealis, suppositive and benedictive moods? definition
- Which entry fits the specific mood? action
Marking Marking.
Sources.
Inflection
Inflectional marking.
Inflection
Inflection.
- How is mood marked by inflection in languages such as Latin? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Particles
Particles and auxiliaries.
Particles
Particles.
- How is mood marked by particles or auxiliaries in other languages? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Categories Related categories.
Sources.
TAM
Tense-aspect-mood.
TAM
TAM.
- How do tense, aspect and mood interact in TAM systems? provenance
- Which entry fits tense-aspect-mood? action
Modality
Modality.
Modality
Modality.
- How does grammatical mood relate to the broader concept of modality? provenance
- Is the information accurate? boundary
Context Typology.
Attribution.
Typology
Cross-linguistic variation.
Typology
Typology.
- How do mood systems vary across languages, with analyses attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Korean
Mood in Korean.
Korean
Korean.
- How does Korean express mood? provenance
- Which entry fits Korean grammar? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should individual moods be separate entries?
- How should language-specific mood systems be linked?
- How should mood and modality be distinguished in the registry?