Greek Mood-Choice Verb Entries [Gra24] #

Minimal verb entries for Modern Greek attitude and causative predicates relevant to cross-linguistic mood choice ([Gra24], Table 1).

In Greek, mood is reflected in complementizer choice (na = SBJV vs oti = IND) rather than verb inflection. Greek lacks nonfinite complementation. 'want' and 'intend' take na (SBJV); 'hope' allows both na and oti (IND/SBJV). Causatives take na (SBJV).

Key examples (from [Gra24]) #

(5) Thelo na/*oti kerdisi o Janis. ('want': SBJV/*IND)
(13) Elpizo na/oti kerdise o Janis. ('hope': SBJV/IND)
(22) I Ariadne protithete na/*oti fiji noris. ('intend': SBJV/*IND)
(45a) Evala ton Jani na pai sto parko. ('make': SBJV)

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def Greek.StandardModern.MoodChoice.thelo :

Verb

thélo (θέλω) 'want' — robustly subjunctive-selecting via na. [Gra24], (5): na (SBJV) required, oti (IND) rejected. Cited from [GM21].

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def Greek.StandardModern.MoodChoice.elpizo :

Verb

elpízo (ελπίζω) 'hope' — accepts both na (SBJV) and oti (IND). [Gra24], (13): both complementizers accepted. Cited from [GM21].

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def Greek.StandardModern.MoodChoice.protithete :

Verb

protíthete (προτίθεται) 'intend' — robustly rejects indicative. [Gra24], (22): na (SBJV) required, oti (IND) rejected. Cited from [GM21].

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def Greek.StandardModern.MoodChoice.vazo :

Verb

vázo (βάζω) 'put/make' — causative, subjunctive-selecting via na. [Gra24], (45): na (SBJV) required, oti (IND) rejected. Past tense form évala used in the paper's examples.

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