Der Subjuntivo im Spanischen Mexicos: Sein Wechselverhaltnis zwischen Syntax, Semantik und interaktionalen Faktoren

Proceeding from a discussion of the existing research on verb moods in Spanish, the study advances a theoretical view of their status in the hierarchy of modal forms of expression, their function as an expression of speaker attitudes and also discusses aspects of speech-act theory implicated in the way they are used. There follows a detailed analysis of the "Corpus del Diccionario del Español de México". The results of this analysis highlight present-day tendencies in the use and the functional-communicative ambit of the verb moods of Mexican Spanish. A comparative study of the use of verb moods in German enriches the study by extending its purview to an entirely different language.