Optative Mood ( Concept )
http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/OptativeMood


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      |_ Abstract
            |_ Linguistic Property
                  |_ Morphosemantic Property
                        |_ Mood Property
                              |_ Optative Mood

Definition:

Optative indicates that the speaker wishes or hopes that the expressed proposition be the case [Bybee, Perkins, and Pagliuca 1994: 179; Palmer 2001: 204].



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Language Code: xsl In Alyawarra and Slave, and also in Chepang, where the possibility marker does not carry the deleterious implication, the gram in question can also be used to issue warnings or (in other words) as an admonitive.
2009-06-04 13:28:08
wo̜t'éesáná
2.S.OPT.burnPROH
You might get burned.

References:
Bybee, Perkins and Pagliuca [1994: 211]

Language Code: xsl In Alyawarra and Slave, and also in Chepang, where the possibility marker does not carry the deleterious implication, the gram in question can also be used to issue warnings or (in other words) as an admonitive.
2009-06-04 13:28:08
go̜ts'ísóné
2.S.OPT.liePROH
Don't ever lie.

References:
Bybee, Perkins and Pagliuca [1994: 212]


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