The diversity of illocutionary functions expressed by the Latin imperative and subjunctive cannot be explained in terms of the semantic feature "volition". Apragmatic study of Latin directive utterances shows a functional structure signalled by the modal predicate "MUST". The distinction between primary and secondary roles and the analysis of the participants' psychological expectations allows for a typology of different classes of Latin directive utterances expressed both by verbal moods and modal verbs.
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