Hypothetical Mood
Definition:
Hypothetical mood is an epistemic mood that signals that the speaker evaluates a proposition as counterfactual, but otherwise possible.
Examples:
(Lakhota)
The word tkha signals hypothetical mood, as in the following construction (diacritical markings are not reproduced here):
- lehayela ma -t?a tkha
- now lps-die HYPOTHETICAL
- âI could have/ almost died.â
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Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.
