Mood in Tharu: a comparative perspective

Type Journal Article - Nepalese Linguistics
Title Mood in Tharu: a comparative perspective
Author(s)
Volume 31
Publication (Day/Month/Year)
Page numbers 44-52
URL http://lsn.org.np/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Nep_Ling_31.pdf#page=48
Abstract
This paper presents the grammatical structures
used to express different moods in Chitoniya and
Dangaura Tharu which belong to the Indo-Aryan
language family. Both of these languages exhibit
distinct morphological structures to express
immediate and delayed imperatives andto
characterize different moods like imperative,
optative, conditional, hortative and desiderative.

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