The History of the Present English Subjunctive: A Corpus-Based Study of Mood and Modality - Couverture rigide

Moessner, Lilo

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1474437990 ISBN 13 : 9781474437998

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Traces the development of subjunctive use across the Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English periods Uses descriptive data and data from three comparable chronological corpora Employs both synchronic and diachronic analyses to evaluate quantitative and qualitative data Illustrates results using authentic examples, accompanied by modern English translations Includes new insights into the fields of historical English linguistics and corpus linguistics 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. It explores the factors which governed its competition with other verbal expressions in texts ranging from the 9th to the beginning of the 18th century. Employing close reading alongside analysis of corpus data and the use of descriptive statistics, it offers new insights into the research landscape of English subjunctive use and into the fields of historical English linguistics and corpus linguistics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Lilo Moessner is Professor Emerita of RWTH Aachen University, Germany, where she held a chair of Historical English Linguistics and Medieval Studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474437990
• ISBN 13: 9781474437998
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible