The Indicative in Modern Greek

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the illocutionary values of the Modern Greek Indicative mood. We discuss Indicative’s declarative uses, such as assertive, mirative, emphatic assertions uses and assertive uses in disguise (rhetoric questions). We also look at Indicative within an interrogative sentence type context and discuss polar interrogatives, content interrogatives and emphatic questions. We explore directive uses, such as hortatives. We further look at additional segmental marking, and refer in particular to requests for confirmation, mitigating questions, proffer and wondering uses of the Modern Greek Indicative.