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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moessner, Lilo, author.

Series:

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Subjunctive.

English language.

English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Subjunctive.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

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

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Oct 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-9075-1

1-4744-3801-6

OCLC:

1306538741