Locating the subjunctive at the interface of mood and modality, this book presents a systematic description of the use of the English subjunctive in main clauses, noun clauses, relative clauses, and adverbial clauses in the Old English, Middle English and Early Modern English periods.

• Title page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The subjunctive in main clauses
• 3 The subjunctive in adjectival relative clauses
• 4 The subjunctive in noun clauses
• 5 The subjunctive in adverbial clauses
• 6 A bird’s eye view of the English subjunctive
• Epilogue Summary and outlook
• Appendix I Matrix verbs of Old English object clauses
• Appendix II Matrix verbs of Middle English object clauses
• Appendix III Matrix verbs of Early Modern English object clauses
• References
• Name index
• General index