A Minimalist Analysis of the Subjunctive Mood in the Clausal Structure of Central Kurdish
This paper aims to shed light on the morphosyntactic characteristics and distribution of the subjunctive mood in Central Kurdish (CK henceforth). To achieve this, the study adopts Chomsky’s (1995) Minimalist Program. In addition to the data from previous studies, further data are provided as the au...
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This paper aims to shed light on the morphosyntactic characteristics and distribution of the subjunctive mood in Central Kurdish (CK henceforth). To achieve this, the study adopts Chomsky’s (1995) Minimalist Program. In addition to the data from previous studies, further data are provided as the authors are native speakers of the language under study. The proposed hypotheses are that an inflectional projection namely Mood Phrase (henceforth MP) is the locus of mood markers (henceforth Mm) that is C-commanded by Negation Phrase (henceforth NegP) and in turn C-Commands Tense Phrase (henceforth TP). Further, the portmanteau prefix de- simultaneously functions as the indicative Mm, positive polarity marker (PPM), and imperfective aspect maker (IAM) in both past and present. The data demonstrate that in CK the subjunctive is not in conformance with Stowell’s (1993) classification to subjunctives and that CK utilizes mood as means to express Modality rather than modal verbs thus being in line with Palmer’s (2003, p.3) argument: “languages have either mood or modality, but not both”.
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| spelling | doaj-art-9cdaabd1337943f9940446b4517546a52025-08-20T03:06:21ZaraSalahaddin University-ErbilZanco Journal of Humanity Sciences2412-396X2022-12-0126610.21271/zjhs.26.6.21A Minimalist Analysis of the Subjunctive Mood in the Clausal Structure of Central Kurdish Azad Hasan Fatah0Rawand Anwar Mahmood1University of Sulaimani, College of Languages, Department of EnglishCollege of Languages, Department of English, University of Sulaimani This paper aims to shed light on the morphosyntactic characteristics and distribution of the subjunctive mood in Central Kurdish (CK henceforth). To achieve this, the study adopts Chomsky’s (1995) Minimalist Program. In addition to the data from previous studies, further data are provided as the authors are native speakers of the language under study. The proposed hypotheses are that an inflectional projection namely Mood Phrase (henceforth MP) is the locus of mood markers (henceforth Mm) that is C-commanded by Negation Phrase (henceforth NegP) and in turn C-Commands Tense Phrase (henceforth TP). Further, the portmanteau prefix de- simultaneously functions as the indicative Mm, positive polarity marker (PPM), and imperfective aspect maker (IAM) in both past and present. The data demonstrate that in CK the subjunctive is not in conformance with Stowell’s (1993) classification to subjunctives and that CK utilizes mood as means to express Modality rather than modal verbs thus being in line with Palmer’s (2003, p.3) argument: “languages have either mood or modality, but not both”. https://zancojournal.su.edu.krd/index.php/JAHS/article/view/385Subjunctive Mood, Mood Phrase, Morphosyntax, Minimalist Program, Central Kurdish |
| spellingShingle | Azad Hasan Fatah Rawand Anwar Mahmood A Minimalist Analysis of the Subjunctive Mood in the Clausal Structure of Central Kurdish Zanco Journal of Humanity Sciences Subjunctive Mood, Mood Phrase, Morphosyntax, Minimalist Program, Central Kurdish |
| title | A Minimalist Analysis of the Subjunctive Mood in the Clausal Structure of Central Kurdish |
| title_full | A Minimalist Analysis of the Subjunctive Mood in the Clausal Structure of Central Kurdish |
| title_fullStr | A Minimalist Analysis of the Subjunctive Mood in the Clausal Structure of Central Kurdish |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Minimalist Analysis of the Subjunctive Mood in the Clausal Structure of Central Kurdish |
| title_short | A Minimalist Analysis of the Subjunctive Mood in the Clausal Structure of Central Kurdish |
| title_sort | minimalist analysis of the subjunctive mood in the clausal structure of central kurdish |
| topic | Subjunctive Mood, Mood Phrase, Morphosyntax, Minimalist Program, Central Kurdish |
| url | https://zancojournal.su.edu.krd/index.php/JAHS/article/view/385 |
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