ABSTRACT

IwouldliketopresentapragmaticanalysisofSpanishmoodin knowledgeandacquisition-of-knowledgepredicatesentenceswhichI believeisfarmoredescriptivethanotherproposalsknowntome.My treatmentdifferssignificantlybothfromtraditionalaccountsandmore currenttreatments,particularlyfromthatgiventothesamephenomenon byJ.B.HooperandT.Terrellwithintheirbroadertheoryofmood selectioninSpanishsententialcomplements.Theirproposalwillserve ontheotherhandasapointofdepartureforthediscussion.