Extending the dominion of effective control – Its applicability to mood choice in Spanish and Portuguese

Rainer Vesterinen

doi:10.1515/cog-2014-0059

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Extending the dominion of effective control – Its applicability to mood choice in Spanish and Portuguese

Rainer Vesterinen

Published/Copyright: September 23, 2014

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From the journal Cognitive Linguistics Volume 25 Issue 4

Abstract

Within the model of Cognitive Grammar, the concept of dominion is fundamental to the analysis of the conceptualizer's attitude toward an event or a proposition. However, the concept has, first and foremost, been understood in epistemic terms, whereas there has been less concern with the conceptualizer's efforts to influence and manipulate the course of events in the world. This being so, the present paper shows that the conceptualizer's dominion of effective control is relevant in a number of linguistic contexts. The analysis provides evidence for this particular feature in factive contexts, deontic contexts, contexts of volition and causation, and in adverbial clauses of purpose, manner and condition. The analysis further shows that the conceptualizer's dominion of effective control is capable of providing a conceptually grounded explanation for the occurrence of the Spanish and the Portuguese subjunctive mood in these grammatical contexts.

Keywords: conceptualizer; dominion; effective control; subjunctive mood

Received: 2013-12-17

Revised: 2014-4-7

Accepted: 2014-6-8

Published Online: 2014-9-23

Published in Print: 2014-11-1

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conceptualizer; dominion; effective control; subjunctive mood