Los imperfectos de subjuntivo y la reestructuración del sistema verbal español afínales del siglo de oro
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2004
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
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The subjunctive imperfect tense and the restructuring of the Spanish verb system towards the end of the Spanish Golden Age
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A historical analysis of the Spanish verb shows that the transition between the classical system and the modern
system is characterized by two disappearances: the future subjunctive and the contrast between cantara and
cantase. The present paper aims to show that: 1) abandoning the use of the future subjunctive has led directly to
abandoning the contrast between cantara and cantase; 2) by the end of the classical period cantara was a form
which was "programmed" to replace cantase; 3) in the modern and contemporary verbal system, cantara
remains the same as in the classical system. Even if its referential capacities have somewhat altered, it remains
the same single linguistic sign. This paper is based on a modal theory which differs the traditional contrast
between indicative an subjunctive.
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Studia Romanica Posnaniensia, 2004, vol. 31, nr 1, pp. 361-368.
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978-83-232-2145-6