English Infinitive as One of the Irrealis Moods

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

English Infinitive as One of the Irrealis Moods

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

English to-infinitive comes in different sizes and has different functions. There seems to be, however, a common denominator for almost all of them, and that is the irrealis mood. Apart from the infinitive, there are two other irrealis moods in English, the imperative and subjunctive. English infinitive can appear in main clauses where it can express indirect directives, optative and most importantly orders, regulations and advice. This means that the infinitive can substitute the imperative in expressing unrealized states of affairs. Moreover, English infinitive has competed and won over the subjunctive in complementation. Infinitives also form subjects or topics and as such they can appear in all types of conditional sentences instead of the finite subordinate conditional clauses. Finally, there are infinitival adjuncts such as infinitive of purpose and infinitival relatives which also prove to be irrealis. There are a few exceptions where the infinitive does not function as an irrealis mood, but these are quite marginal and are connected to the past tense of the matrix verb and the inability of the infinitive to express its own tense. This article, which employs a cross-linguistic comparison with Czech, aims to provide sufficient arguments for the to-infinitive being perceived as one of the irrealis moods.

Název v anglickém jazyce

English Infinitive as One of the Irrealis Moods

Popis výsledku anglicky

English to-infinitive comes in different sizes and has different functions. There seems to be, however, a common denominator for almost all of them, and that is the irrealis mood. Apart from the infinitive, there are two other irrealis moods in English, the imperative and subjunctive. English infinitive can appear in main clauses where it can express indirect directives, optative and most importantly orders, regulations and advice. This means that the infinitive can substitute the imperative in expressing unrealized states of affairs. Moreover, English infinitive has competed and won over the subjunctive in complementation. Infinitives also form subjects or topics and as such they can appear in all types of conditional sentences instead of the finite subordinate conditional clauses. Finally, there are infinitival adjuncts such as infinitive of purpose and infinitival relatives which also prove to be irrealis. There are a few exceptions where the infinitive does not function as an irrealis mood, but these are quite marginal and are connected to the past tense of the matrix verb and the inability of the infinitive to express its own tense. This article, which employs a cross-linguistic comparison with Czech, aims to provide sufficient arguments for the to-infinitive being perceived as one of the irrealis moods.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies

ISSN

2336-3347

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

7

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

70-80

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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