RT Journal Article
T1 Mood alternation with adverbs of uncertainty in Galician: a multifactorial analysis
A1 Míguez, Vítor
K1 indicative
K1 subjunctive
K1 mood
K1 Galician
K1 syntactic variation
K1 logistic regression
AB This study investigates the factors that significantly constrain mood selection in Galician within uncertainty adverb constructions, applying a logistic regression model. This analysis identified several significant factors affecting the choice between the indicative and subjunctive moods, including the temporal context of the clause, the preceding adverb, and the interaction of fictional and nonfictional registers with the verb type of the predicate and the gender of the speaker/writer. Time reference and the preceding adverb emerged as primary factors conditioning mood choice, with present and future time frames and adverbs encoding weaker epistemic values significantly predisposing toward the subjunctive mood. This study also highlighted the influence of the gender of the speaker/writer, demonstrating the preference of women toward the indicative mood in fictional texts. Verb type and register interact in complex ways that only partially align with previous findings. The results of the present study contribute to a deeper understanding of syntactic variation in Galician, adding to a growing body of quantitative research on Galician grammar.
PB MDPI
SN 2226-471X
YR 2024
FD 2024-05-24
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/33916
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/33916
LA eng
NO Míguez, V. (2024). Mood alternation with adverbs of uncertainty in Galician: A multifactorial analysis. Languages, 9(6), 195. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9060195
DS Minerva
RD 3 may 2026