解读Quirk看“虚拟”

Quirk等的虚拟语气或与祈使句或与陈述句的形式完全相同,这显然有悖语言学关于语法范畴是某种语法意义和表达这种意义的形式这两者的统一体的基本理论。通过语法化理论的分析,Quirk等的be型虚拟语气实质上是祈使句的变体。过去时的本质特性是距离性,包括时间距离、与真实性的距离。Quirk等were型虚拟语气实质为过去式表与真实性方面的距离,Quirk等的"虚拟语气"不存在。

A Tentative Interpretation of Quirk's "Subjunctive Mood"

The verb forms of Quirks' subjunctive 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.