The Treatment of ‘subjunctive mood’ in the Description of Grammatical Systems of Spanish and Hungarian: A Comparative Study
The Treatment of ‘subjunctive mood’ in the Description of Grammatical Systems of Spanish and Hungarian: A Comparative Study

Summary/Abstract: The subjunctive mood (subjuntivo) is an integral part of Spanish. It is also a pivotal element of Hungarian. Acquisition of its use is a big challenge, both for learners of Spanish and Hungarian. In comparison to Spanish, however, the status of the subjunctive in Hungarian is a highly debated issue and, consequently, the intricacies of its semantics may be underappreciated and result in being neglected in many reference grammar books. In the study, we propose a typology of semantic functions of the subjunctive that takes into consideration the perspective of both language systems, which can be useful in learning and teaching Hungarian as a foreign language.

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