Title: A Tentative Interpretation of Quirk's "Subjunctive Mood"
Abstract: The verb forms of Quirks' are the same with the imperative or the declarative,which violate the basic rules of the linguistics that Grammatical category is the unity of a grammatical sense and its verb forms.By the analysis of grammaticalization,Quirks' be-subjunctive is substantially the variation of the imperative.The essence of past tense is the remoteness,remote in time or in reality.Quirks' were-subjunctive is the past tense actually-the remote tense in reality,Quirks' subjunctive mood does not exist.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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