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Comparison of the evolution and the application of the portuguese and the spanish subjunctive
Nováková, Zuzana ; Jindrová, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Hricsina, Jan (referee)
The present study tries to point out the most important differences between the Portuguese and the Spanish subjunctive mood. The purpose was not a statistical list of the distribution of particular expressions as the extent of the study does not permit it. Therefore, we also had to leave out some topics such as for example the sequence of tenses or temporal issues. This one is mentioned only marginally. Nevertheless, there are no substantial differences between the two languages in this respect. Altough it might be relatively difficult to separate temporal and modal aspect, we mainly focused on the modal alternation. We can consider three possible meanings of the subjunctive mood in both languages. The first one has its own modal value and is in the opposition with the indicative mood. This happens mainly in the subordinate adjectival clauses, after some expressions in noun clauses and after some prepositional expressions in circumstantial clauses. In the second case, the subjunctive mood depends on another modal expression and only repeats redundantly the modal value of the head element. This happens especially in main clauses, in noun clauses and in curcumstantial clauses. The last case represents the subjunctive form having assertive value, while losing its functional value. It comprises only the formal...

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