Lemma | subjunctive |
---|---|
Categoria grammaticale | AG |
Lingua | inglese |
Sigla | Nida (1949) |
Titolo | Morphology. The descriptive analysis of words |
Sinonimi | |
Rinvii | mode (inglese) |
Traduzioni | |
Citazioni | One should carefully avoid the following types of statements: [...]
3. Subjective
In place of the statements:
a. We add '-l' to the root.
b. You can see the suffix in the past-tense forms.
Use:
a. '-l' is added to the root.
b. The suffix occurs in the past-tense forms or The past-tense forms contain the suffix.
In so far as possible, the linguist should be completely objective about descriptive statements. [...] |