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English Subjunctive: A Corpus-Based Historical Study

English Subjunctive: A Corpus-Based Historical Study

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The book explores the use of the English subjunctive in main clauses, noun clauses, relative clauses, and adverbial clauses, offering new insights into historical English linguistics and corpus linguistics.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2020
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press


The book delves into the intricate relationship between mood and modality, shedding light on the use of the English subjunctive in various contexts. It examines the factors that influenced its competition with other verbal expressions during the 9th to the early 18th century. Through close reading, corpus data analysis, and descriptive statistics, it provides fresh perspectives on the research landscape of English subjunctive use and contributes to the fields of historical English linguistics and corpus linguistics.

Weight: 594g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474437998

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