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Review of Cognitive Linguistics
Vol. 15:1 (2017) ► pp.58–82

The Portuguese future subjunctive

A dominion analysis

| Stockholm University

Although the analysis of the Portuguese future subjunctive mood would contribute to a greater understanding of the general meaning of the subjunctive mood, this verb form has received considerably little attention compared to the other subjunctive forms, namely, the past and present subjunctives. The aim of the present paper is to fill this gap. Using the theoretical perspective of Cognitive Grammar, it will be shown that the Portuguese future subjunctive shares many characteristic features with other tenses of the subjunctive mood. In particular, the analysis shows that the Portuguese future subjunctive can be explained by the concept of dominion. Thus, the present paper provides a conceptually grounded and unified explanation for the meaning of the Portuguese subjunctive mood.

Keywords: Cognitive Grammar, dominion, future subjunctive mood, Portuguese
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Reference grammars and previous studies
  • 3.The perspective of the present study
    • 3.1The concept of dominion and the subjunctive mood
  • 4.Analysis
    • 4.1Temporal clauses
      • 4.1.1Temporal clauses and the imperfect indicative mood
      • 4.1.2Temporal clauses and the imperfect subjunctive mood
    • 4.2Conditional clauses
      • 4.2.1Conditional clauses and the imperfect subjunctive mood
      • 4.2.2Conditional clauses and the present indicative mood
    • 4.3Relative clauses
      • 4.3.1Relative clauses and the imperfect subjunctive mood
      • 4.3.2Relative clauses and the present indicative mood
  • 5.Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References


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Published online: 4 September 2017
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