What is imprecative mood?

Definition
	Imprecative mood is a volitive mood that signals the speaker's wish that an unfavorable proposition will come about.

Example (Turkish)
	The suffix -esi indicates imprecative mood, as in the following construction (diacritical markings are not reproduced here): gor -mi -y -esi see -NEGATIVE -he -IMPRECATIVE ‘May he not see!’

Generic
	Imprecative mood is a kind of
	What is volitive modality?

Source
	Lewis 1967 115 , cited by Sadock and Zwicky 1985 163

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Concept module: imprecative mood
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): I
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
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