The title of the article under consideration is “THE SUBJECTIVE MOOD AS A

MEANS OF REPRESENTATION OF THE LANGUAGE FIELD OF POSSIBLE MEANINGS

IN THE SEMANTIC SPACE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE”. The title already fully speaks
for itself, thereby revealing the main topic of the text presented for reference.
This article was written by L. N. Yurovitskaya and S. V. Yurovitsky.
The main idea is consideration of the problem of fundamental attributes of the
subjunctive mood in English. The article is devoted to the problem of fundamental attributes of
the subjunctive mood in the English language. The concept of “field of possible meanings” is
introduced to describe the semantics of the subjunctive mood. It is shown how antinomy,
probability and temporality are realized in conditional sentences. The article was carried out
within the boundaries of the philosophy of language and linguistics using the appropriate terms.
The authors cite the opinions of several scientists. Firstly, A.P. Babushkin speaks about
“possible worlds”; he notes that one of the fundamental points of the semantics of possible
worlds is the choice of possible worlds by a certain individual.
Secondly, U. S. Stepanov identifies a complex of means that reflect the “possible world”
(modal words and expressions, conjunctions, particles, SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD).
The authors poin out the basic ones in the semantics of the possible, expressed by
grammatical forms of the subjunctive mood: temporality, probability and antinomy.
Thirdly, M.A. Shelyakin said that mental assumptions of events and their connections
contain an opposing connection with reality.
In the end, the authors conclude the subjunctive mood is used to highlight possible
scenarios that do not correspond to current reality. Conditional sentences often describe
situations that differ from actual reality, expressing desirable, probable or improbable events.
The subjunctive mood in conditional sentences usually contains tense connotations associated
with possibility and expressed through grammatical forms.