Synonym(s):

• optative

Related Term(s):

• subjunctive mood

Source(s):

QUIRK etal. 1985148 (= imperative mood)
PEI & GAYNOR 1954154-155
DINEEN 1967122
HARTMANN & STORK 1972145
NASH 1968162
ELL5151

• QUIRK, Randolph, GREENBAUM, Sidney, LEECH, Geoffrey, & SVARTNIK, Jan. (1985) A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman.
• PEI, Mario A. & GAYNOR, Frank. (1954) A Dictionary of Linguistics. New York : Philosophical Library.
• DINEEN, Francis P. (1967) An Introduction to General Linguistics. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
• HARTMANN, R.R.K. & STORK, F.C. (1972) Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. London: Applied Science Publishers.
• NASH, Rose. (1968) Multilingual Lexicon of Linguistics and Philology: English, Russian, German, French. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press. 
• The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. (1994) Oxford: Pergamon Press.