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Facts, doubts, demands – in language and in the text

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You will learn
  • you will understand various messages: verbal and non‑verbal

  • you will use statements based on attitude and intentions

  • you will define the intentions of the sender

  • you will distinguish and use verb moodsverb moodverb moods in the speech

  • you will point out the exclamationexclamationexclamation marks and particlesparticleparticles that communicate the sender's intentions

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We already know that we can mark different attitudes and feelings in the text using punctuationpunctuationpunctuation. If we include information without emotions, we end the sentence with a dot. When in turn we have some doubtsdoubtdoubts or we want to learn something, we use sentences ending with a question mark. And if we want the message to be full of emotions or the recipient to react more strongly to it, we choose an exclamation mark. These statements have not only different emotional tones but, above all, reveal various attitudes and intentions of the senders. Three types of sentences (declarativedeclarative mooddeclarative, interrogative or exclamatory) indicate various attitudes of the author of the text to the matters which the author describes and, in a way, the author's attitude towards the recipientrecipientrecipient.

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Enumerate the examples of sentences with various intentions. Think about information, demand, appreciation, warning, advice, judgment etc.
Exercise 1
Tell the others about at least four various types of attitudes and intentions of the sender. You can use the following expressions: I inform, I introduce (something), I state, I think that…, I ask about (something), I express doubt, I suppose, I wonder, I demand, I order something, I express strong emotions, I warn, I threaten.
Tell the others about at least four various types of attitudes and intentions of the sender. You can use the following expressions: I inform, I introduce (something), I state, I think that…, I ask about (something), I express doubt, I suppose, I wonder, I demand, I order something, I express strong emotions, I warn, I threaten.
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Exercise 2
Define the type of the task. Statement, question or exclamation? Tasks: 1. I would do it if I had more time. 2. Only have a look! There is a lot of snow! 3. Could you describe it better? 4. We will be cleaning up from morning till evening. 5. Will Janek come back before 8.00? 6. Tomorrow it will snow from east to the west. 7. Only have a look! There is a lot of snow!

The character of the expression can be changed by means of punctuation placed at the end of the sentence, intonation or the verb modes which express the speaker's attitude to actions and states. When we talk about facts and provide proven information we use the forms of the declarative mooddeclarative mooddeclarative mood (eg I saw, I walked, I learned). When we want to warn someone against something, to order something or express objection – then we use the forms of the imperative moodimperative moodimperative mood (eg watch out, do, do not disturb). Finally, we use the subjunctive moodsubjunctive moodsubjunctive mood to express any doubts or suppositionsuppositionsupposition (eg I would notice, it would have flooded, I would win).

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Exercise 3
Establish intention and type of mode for every sentence: 1. For tomorrow's trip, take a thermos with warm tea, please. 2. The Earth rotates around the Sun. 3. Close the door at once. 4. We would probably have gone to the cinema, but there had not been enough time. 5. Just do not lose your money. 6. It is very good news. 7. I think Adam will not come to your birthday. 8. If the weather was good, we would definitely go camping.
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Exercise 4
Read the sentences. 1. Last week John read a book. Transform this sentence into subjunctive and imperative mood. 2. Listen, let's go to the mountains tomorrow! Transform this sentence into subjunctive and declarative mood. 3. We have some free time, so let's go to this movie. Transform this sentence into subjunctive and declarative mood. How do the communication intentions change in the sentences?

About facts, assumptions or firm attitudes directed towards someone (order – warning – threat) is also read out from the meanings of words that we find in the statement. It can be said that they enclose the most important thought and sometimes change the style of the entire message. Some of the following can be used for that:

  • adverbs, e.g. immediately, indisputably

  • adjectives, e.g. irrefutable, undeniable, important

  • exclamations, e.g. oh !, hello!

  • particles, e.g. supposedly, certainly, of course

Exclamations

A sentence without an exclamation mark

A sentence with additional attitudes – expressed by means of exclamation

Be careful, please.

I have won the contest.

Hello! Be careful, please! – emotional warning against something

Oh! I have won the contest! –positive feelings and surprise

Particles

A sentence without a particle

A sentence with additional attitudes – expressed by means of particles

We will come tomorrow.

We will certainly come tomorrow. – certainty

We will not come tomorrow. – negation

We will come tomorrow though. – confirmation

We will rather come tomorrow. – content weakening

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Exercise 5
Prepare three questions concerning lesson's subject.
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Exercise 6
Try to recognise the attitudes written in the meanings of words and divide the given words accordingly. Decide which words appear in the text when we are dealing with certainty and which are words that appear in the text when we express doubts. Words: 1. undoubtedly; 2. probably; 3. always; 4. presumably; 5. possibly; 6. usually; 7. more or less; 8. really; 9. supposedly; 10. sure; 11. of course; 12. maybe.
Exercise 7
Wyjaśnij kluczowe pojęcia związane z tematem abstraktu.
Wyjaśnij kluczowe pojęcia związane z tematem abstraktu.

Keywords

imperative mood, subjunctive mood, declarative mood, communicative intentioncommunicative intentioncommunicative intention

Glossary

communicative intention
communicative intention
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intencja komunikacyjna

subjunctive mood
subjunctive mood
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tryb przypuszczający

declarative mood
declarative mood
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tryb oznajmujący

imperative mood
imperative mood
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tryb rozkazujący

supposition
supposition
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przypuszczenie

demand
demand
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żądanie

doubt
doubt
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wątpliwość

exclamation
exclamation
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wykrzyknienie

recipient
recipient
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odbiorca

verb mood
verb mood
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tryb czasownika

particle
particle
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tu: partykuła

punctuation
punctuation
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interpunkcja