Assumptive mood

The assumptive mood (abbreviated ASS)^[1] is an epistemic grammatical mood found in some languages, which indicates that the statement is assumed to be true, because it usually is under similar circumstances, although there may not be any specific evidence that it is true in this particular case. An English example (although assumptive mood is not specially marked in English), would be "That must be my mother. (She always comes at this time.)"^[2]

References

↑ Also used for assertive mood and associative case
↑ Loos, Eugene E.; Susan Anderson; Dwight H. Day, Jr.; Paul C. Jordan; J. Douglas Wingate. "What is assumptive mood?". Glossary of linguistic terms. SIL International. Retrieved 2009-12-28.

Linguistic modalities and grammatical moods

Realis
(what is)

Indicative/declarative
Aggressive
Energetic
Evidential (Sensory)
Generic/gnomic
Mirative

Irrealis

Deontic (what should be)	Commissive (promises, threats) Directive (commands, requests, requirements) Deliberative Hortative (+ subtypes) Imperative Jussive Necessitative Permissive Precative Prohibitive Propositive Volitive (hopes, wishes, fears) Desiderative Imprecative Optative

Epistemic (what may be)	(inferences, possibilities, questions, etc.) Alethic Assumptive Deductive Dubitative Hypothetical Inferential/renarrative/oblique Interrogative Potential Speculative Subjunctive

Dependent circumstances (what would be)	Conditional Eventive