Semantic category which expresses the attitude of the speaker towards that expressed in the sentence. In this wider sense, modality refers not only to the morphologically formed moods of indicative, subjunctive, and imperative, but also to the...

Grammatical category of verbs which expresses the subjective attitude of the speaker towards the state of affairs described by the utterance. Most languages have independent paradigms for the indicative mood (a neutral category), the subjunctive for...

Sentences with an imperative as their main verb require the person addressed to carry out some action as in ‘Jump now!’ In addition to giving a command, the mood of an imperative verb may be a request ‘Please give me the...

In traditional English grammar there are three ‘moods’, expressed in clauses and sentences, which affect the meaning: • the indicative mood which includes statements and questions as in ‘He liked her’ and ‘He liked...

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