The indicative and the conditional moods in sentences with the conjunction aniž Cover Image

Indikativ a kondicionál po spojce aniž
The indicative and the conditional moods in sentences with the conjunction aniž

Author(s): František Štícha
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro jazyk český
Keywords: indicative; conditional; mood; conjunction aniž; hypothetical

Summary/Abstract: The corpus statistics show that: (a) since 1990, the conditional mood with theconjunction aniž has been on the rise; (b) the conditional mood is more frequent in journalisticand technical texts than in fiction; (c) in fiction, the share of the conditional mood variesbetween different authors; this indicates that the semantics of the conditional mood in sentenceswith the conjunction aniž loses its validity with the progress of time; (d) the conditionalmood in the clause with aniž is almost a norm in sentences containing the conditionalmood in the head clause. The indicative mood in clauses with the conjunction aniž is used orprevails in contexts which suppress the hypothetical content of the clause due to its facticity.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 38-49
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Czech