THE REAL VS. IMAGINARY PLAY IN
ENGLISH SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
THE REAL VS. IMAGINARY PLAY IN
ENGLISH SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
Author(s): Cristina MironSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Piteşti
Keywords: linguistic; imaginary; subjunctive mood;
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the linguistic expression of the opposition real vs. imaginary in English subordinate clauses. It explores to what extent the Subjunctive is the only way of expressing imaginary/non-factuality in subordinate clauses and in which cases the Subjunctive is doubled by other morphological semantic units occurring in the main clauses. Statistically, we tend to prove why the Subjunctive is obsolete in current English: on the one hand, it does not have a specific form, on the other hand in most subordinate clauses its non-factual meaning is doubled by morphological items occurring in the main or subordinate clause.
Journal: LIMBA ȘI LITERATURA – REPERE IDENTITARE ÎN CONTEXT EUROPEAN
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 23
- Page Range: 39-45
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English