Obligative Mood
Obligative Mood
Obligative mood is a directive mood that signals the speaker's estimation of the necessity that the proposition expressed in his or herutterance be brought about.
- You must do as I say.
- She has to leave.
Page/s: 189-190
Source: Sharma 1992
Sharma, J. C. (editor). 1992. From sound to discourse: A tagmemic approach to Indian languages. CIIL Conferences and Seminars Series 9. Mysore, India: Central Institute of Indian Languages.
Page/s: 98
Source: Palmer 1986
Palmer, F. R. 1986.Mood and modality. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Page/s: 169
Source: Nida 1949
Nida, Eugene A. 1949.Morphology: The descriptive analysis of words. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan.
Page/s: 247
Source: Chung and Timberlake 1985
Chung, Sandra, and Alan Timberlake. 1985.Tense, aspect, and mood . In Shopen 1985d
Broader Terms
Related terms
- RT⇆ Proposition
- RT⇆ Speaker
- RT⇆ Utterance
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/obligative-mood
