Assumptive Mood
Definition:
Assumptive mood is an epistemic mode that signals the speaker's belief that his statement is based on facts about what is usually the case in such circumstances.
Examples:
(English)
The word will (’ll) in the following constructions indicates assumptive mood:
- They’ll be on holiday at the moment.
- That’ll be the postman.
See Also:
Source:
61–62
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.