Definition
Jussive mood is a directive mood that signals a speaker's command, permission, or agreement that the proposition expressed by his or her utterance be brought about.
Discussion
Jussive mood is typically applicable in the first and third person.
Sources 4
- Chung and Timberlake 1985, 247
- Mish 1991, 655
- Palmer 1986, 10, 24, 39–40, 96,110, 113
- Pei and Gaynor 1954, 110