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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moessner, Lilo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Mood.

English language.

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.

English language--Early modern.

English language--Middle English.

English language--Old English.

English language--Old English--Modality.

English language--Old English--Mood.

Physical Description:

xx, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction

1.1. Motivations for the aim and scope of the book

1.2. The subjunctive and its relation to the categories mood and modality

1.3. Corpus considerations

1.4. Research agenda and research method

1.5. Structure of the book and mode of presentation

ch. 2 The subjunctive in main clauses

2.1. Old English main clauses: the subjunctive and its competitors in earlier publications

2.2.1. The imperative

2.1.2. Modal constructions

2.1.3. `Semi-auxiliary (+ to) + infinitive'

2.1.4. `Uton + infinitive'

2.2. The subjunctive and its competitors in the OE corpus

2.2.1. The parameters `person' and `number'

2.2.2. The parameter date of composition

2.2.3. The parameter text category

2.2.4. The subjunctive and its competitors in individual text files

2.2.5. Other extralinguistic parameters

2.2.6. Summary

2.3. Middle English main clauses: the subjunctive and its competitors in earlier publications

2.4. The subjunctive and its competitors in the ME corpus

2.4.1. The parameter `person'

2.4.2. The parameter date of composition

2.4.3. The parameter text category

2.4.4. Other extralinguistic parameters

2.4.5. Summary and comparison with the OE corpus

2.5. Early Modern English main clauses: the subjunctive and its competitors in earlier publications

2.6. The subjunctive and its competitors in the EModE corpus

2.6.1. The parameter `person'

2.6.2. The parameter date of composition

2.6.3. The parameter text category

2.6.4. Other extralinguistic parameters

2.6.5. Summary and comparison with the ME part of the corpus

ch. 3 The subjunctive in adjectival relative clauses

3.1. Old English adjectival relative clauses: descriptive parameters

3.1.1. Mood

3.1.2. The relative marker

3.1.3. The antecedent and the relative marker

3.1.4. The verbal syntagm in the matrix clause

3.2. The subjunctive and its competitors in the OE corpus

3.2.1. The parameter date of composition

3.2.2. The parameter dialect

3.2.3. The parameter text category

3.2.4. The parameter format

3.2.5. The relative marker

3.2.6. The antecedent

3.2.7. The matrix clause

3.2.8. Summary

3.3. Middle English adjectival relative clauses: descriptive parameters

3.3.1. The verbal syntagm

3.3.2. The relative marker

3.3.3. The antecedent

3.3.4. The verbal syntagm in the matrix clause

3.4. The subjunctive and its competitors in the ME corpus

3.4.1. The parameter date of composition

3.4.2. The parameter dialect

3.4.3. The parameter text category

3.4.4. The parameter format

3.4.5. The relative marker

3.4.6. The antecedent

3.4.7. The verbal syntagm in the matrix clause

3.4.8. Summary and comparison with the OE corpus

3.5. Early Modern English adjectival relative clauses: descriptive parameters

3.5.1. The verbal syntagm

3.5.2. The relative marker

3.5.3. The antecedent

3.6. The subjunctive and its competitors in the EModE corpus

3.6.1. The parameter date of composition

3.6.2. The parameter text category

3.6.3. The relative marker

3.6.4. The antecedent

3.6.5. The verbal syntagm in the matrix clause

3.6.6. Summary and comparison with the OE and the ME corpus

ch. 4 The subjunctive in noun clauses

4.1. Old English noun clauses: descriptive parameters

4.1.1. Function

4.1.2. Form

4.1.3. Governing elements

4.1.4. The verbal syntagm

4.2. Noun clauses in the OE corpus

4.2.1. The parameter date of composition

4.2.2. The parameter text category

4.2.3. The parameter prose vs. poetry

4.2.4. The parameter noun clause function

4.2.5. The parameter meaning

4.2.6. The parameter form of the matrix verb

4.2.7. The parameter clause type

4.2.8. Summary

4.3. Middle English noun clauses: descriptive parameters

4.3.1. Function

4.3.2. Form

4.3.3. Governing elements

4.4. Noun clauses in the ME corpus

4.4.1. The parameter date of composition

4.4.2. The parameter text category

4.4.3. The parameter prose vs. poetry

4.4.4. The parameter noun clause function

4.4.5. The parameter matrix verb

4.4.6. The parameter clause type

4.4.7. Summary

4.5. Early Modern English noun clauses: descriptive parameters

4.5.1. Function

4.5.2. Form

4.5.3. Governing elements

4.6. Noun clauses in the EModE corpus

4.6.1. The parameter date of composition

4.6.2. The parameter text category

4.6.3. The parameter noun clause function

4.6.4. The parameter matrix verb

4.6.5. The parameter clause type

4.6.6. Summary

ch. 5 The subjunctive in adverbial clauses

5.1. Old English adverbial clauses: descriptive parameters

5.1.1. Clauses of time

5.1.2. Clauses of place

5.1.3. Clauses of reason

5.1.4. Clauses of concession

5.1.5. Clauses of condition

5.1.6. Clauses of purpose and result

5.1.7. Clauses of comparison

5.1.8. Summary

5.2. Adverbial clauses in the OE corpus

5.2.1. The parameter date of composition

5.2.2. The parameter text category

5.2.3. The parameter dialect

5.2.4. The parameter prose vs. poetry

5.2.5. The parameter clause type

5.2.6. The parameter matrix clause

5.2.7. Summary

5.3. Middle English adverbial clauses: descriptive parameters

5.3.1. Clauses of time

5.3.2. Clauses of place

5.3.3. Clauses of reason

5.3.4. Clauses of concession

5.3.5. Clauses of condition

5.3.6. Clauses of purpose and result

5.3.7. Clauses of comparison

5.3.8. Summary

5.4. Adverbial clauses in the ME corpus

5.4.1. The parameter date of composition

5.4.2. The parameter text category

5.4.3. The parameter dialect

5.4.4. The parameter prose vs. poetry

5.4.5. The parameter clause type

5.4.6. The parameter matrix clause

5.4.7. Summary

5.5. Early Modern English adverbial clauses: descriptive parameters

5.5.1. Clauses of time

5.5.2. Clauses of place

5.5.3. Clauses of reason

5.5.4. Clauses of concession

5.5.5. Clauses of condition

5.5.6. Clauses of purpose and result

5.5.7. Clauses of comparison

5.5.8. Summary

5.6. Adverbial clauses in the EModE corpus

5.6.1. The parameter date of composition

5.6.2. The parameter text category

5.6.3. The parameter clause type

5.6.4. The parameter matrix clause

5.6.5. Summary

ch. 6 A bird's eye view of the English subjunctive

6.1. The subjunctive in Old English

6.1.1. The subjunctive and its competitors

6.1.2. The influence of linguistic and extralinguistic parameters on subjunctive use in all construction types

6.1.3. The influence of linguistic and extralinguistic parameters on subjunctive use in selected construction types

6.2. The subjunctive in Middle English

6.2.1. The subjunctive and its competitors

6.2.2. The influence of linguistic and extralinguistic parameters on subjunctive use in all construction types

6.2.3. The influence of linguistic and extralinguistic parameters on subjunctive use in selected construction types

6.3. The subjunctive in Early Modern English

6.3.1. The subjunctive and its competitors

6.3.2. The influence of linguistic and extralinguistic parameters on subjunctive use in all construction types

6.3.3. The influence of linguistic and extralinguistic parameters on subjunctive use in selected construction types

6.4. Subjunctive use from Old English to Early Modern English

6.4.1. The frequency development of the subjunctive and its competitors

6.4.2. The simplification of the verbal paradigm

6.4.3. The parameter construction type

6.4.4. The parameter text category

6.4.5. The expression of modality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474437998

1474437990

OCLC:

1151957163