The category of mood

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1. The category of mood
2. The category of mood is an explicit
3. Presumably, in Modern English there are the
4. When using the Indicative Mood the speaker
5. Example: 1) I wish I were sixteen.2)
6. The problem of the number of moods
7. Oblique Moods absence of direct correspondence
8. The problem of polysemy and homonymy of
9. Questions for self-correction: 1) What type of
10. The End
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The category of mood is an explicit verbal category expressing the relation of the action denoted by the predicate to reality as stated by the speaker. It is one of the

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Слайд 1The category of mood

Слайд 2The category of mood is an explicit verbal category expressing

the relation of the action denoted by the predicate to

reality as stated by the speaker. It is one of the most important means of expressing modality

The category of mood is an explicit verbal category expressing the relation of the action denoted by

Слайд 3Presumably, in Modern English there are the Indicative Mood, the

Imperative Mood and the so-called Oblique Moods:
the Subjunctive I
the

Subjunctive II
the Suppositional Mood
the Conditional Mood

Presumably, in Modern English there are the Indicative Mood, the Imperative Mood and the so-called Oblique Moods:

Слайд 4When using the Indicative Mood the speaker represents the action

as really taking place, as a real fact; when he

uses the Imperative Mood the speaker directly induces the listener(s) to produce the action required; but when he uses an oblique mood he represents the action not as a real fact but only as desirable, necessary, possible, imaginary, etc.

When using the Indicative Mood the speaker represents the action as really taking place, as a real

Слайд 5Example:
1) I wish I were sixteen.

2) It is necessary that

you should go there immediately.

3) If it were summer now

we would go to the Crimea.

Example: 1) I wish I were sixteen.2) It is necessary that you should go there immediately.3) If

Слайд 6The problem of the number of moods in Modern English

German grammarian M.Deutchbein-16 moods
Russian scholar L.S.Barkhudarov-no oblique moods

at all
A.I. Smirnitsky-4 Oblique moods
I.B.Khlebnikova - 5 oblique moods

The problem of the number of moods in Modern English German grammarian M.Deutchbein-16 moods Russian

Слайд 7Oblique Moods
absence of direct correspondence between the form and

meaning
Examples:
1. It's necessary that I should go there tomorrow

(the Suppositional Mood)
2. If I knew about it I should go there tomorrow (the Conditional Mood)
3. I should go there tomorrow (a modal phrase) = I must go there tomorrow.

the same meaning may be rendered by different grammatical forms.
Examples:
It is necessary that you should go there (the Suppositional Mood)
=
It is necessary that you go there (the Subjunctive I).

Oblique Moods absence of direct correspondence between the form and meaning Examples:1. It's necessary that I

Слайд 8The problem of polysemy and homonymy of mood forms.
There

are no homonymous forms - the very existence of the

oblique moods as a special morphological category becomes doubtful
There are forms of special moods which are distinguished from each other according to the category of correlation.
the Indicative Mood in a special use can be observed.
Examples:
1. He knew everything and told her about it; 2. If I knew about it I should tell her everything.

The problem of polysemy and homonymy of mood forms. There are no homonymous forms - the

Слайд 9Questions for self-correction:
1) What type of expressing modality do you

know?
2) What is the category of mood? Give a definition.
3)

How many moods are there in Modern English and Ukrainian?
4) What is the reasons for the existing controversy of views on the essence and number of moods in Modern English?
5) What can you say about the problem of polysemy and homonymy in the system of moods in Modern English?
6) Do any implicit lexico-grammatical categories restrict the realization of the category of mood in Modern English and Ukrainian?