Title The history of the present English subjunctive : a corpus-based study of mood and modality / Lilo Moessner

Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020] ©2020

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Contents Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The subjunctive in main clauses -- 3 The subjunctive in adjectival relative clauses -- 4 The subjunctive in noun clauses -- 5 The subjunctive in adverbial clauses -- 6 A bird's eye view of the English subjunctive -- Epilogue Summary and outlook -- Appendix I Matrix verbs of Old English object clauses -- Appendix II Matrix verbs of Middle English object clauses -- Appendix III Matrix verbs of Early Modern English object clauses -- References -- Name index -- General index Summary Locating the subjunctive at the interface of mood and modality, this book presents a systematic description of the use of the English subjunctive in main clauses, noun clauses, relative clauses, and adverbial clauses in the Old English, Middle English and Early Modern English periods Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 03, 2020) Subject English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Mood English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Modality English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Subjunctive English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Subjunctive English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Subjunctive LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General. English language -- Old English -- Mood English language -- Old English -- Modality Form Electronic book ISBN 9781474438018 1474438016 9781474438025 1474438024 9781474490757 1474490751

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