Re: "can" "able to" mood
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 17, 2007, 11:59 |
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I think the difference is syntactic rather than semantic. In English
et sim, you construct it with helper verb + inf, so it's clearly not a
mood. But logically, the function seems more moodlike than aspectual,
so I see no reason why it couldn't be a mood in some other lang...
On 12/16/07, ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> wrote:
> Reilly Schlaier wrote:
> >
> >what is the name of that mood???
> >that is if i have guessed correctly that it is a mood
>
> This came up when I first discussed Prevli here; consensus was "potential"
> or perhaps "potentive"(?), and it's apparently considered an _aspect_ rather
> than a mood; though I see no reason why it couldn't be called a mood
> too...........
>
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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