31.3732, Books: The History of the Present English Subjunctive: Moessner

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Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 21:17:57
From: Anna Glazier [Anna.Glazier at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: The History of the Present English Subjunctive: Moessner

 


Title: The History of the Present English Subjunctive 
Subtitle: A Corpus-based Study of Mood and Modality 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
	   www.edinburghuniversitypress.com
	

Book URL: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-history-of-the-present-english-subjunctive.html 


Author: Lilo Moessner

Electronic: ISBN:  9781474438025 Pages: 288 Price: U.K. £ 85
Electronic: ISBN:  9781474438018 Pages: 288 Price: U.K. £ 85
Hardback: ISBN:  9781474437998 Pages: 288 Price: U.K. £ 85


Abstract:

Traces the development of subjunctive use across the Old English, Middle
English, and Early Modern English periods

*Uses descriptive data from parallel corpora of three historical periods

*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.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Syntax
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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