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Publication details [#8027]
Rivero, Maria-Luisa. 1971. Mood and presupposition in Spanish. Foundations of Language 7 (3) : 305–336.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
Some Spanish verbs admit both indicative and subjunctive complements: indicative complements carry a positive presupposition about the truth of the complement, whereas the subjunctive implies a neutral attitude. R. argues that these presuppositions have to be reflected in the underlying structure of the complement. (Similar presuppositions are carried by indicative and subjunctive restrictive relative clauses).