University of Michigan Publications: Language and literature, Volume 11

affirmative antecedent appears Assertive authors avant becomes Calv causative cause ceste chose clause Compare concessive condition conditional conjunctions connection consecutive construction croire declarative Desp Dieu dire donner doute employ employed employment erratic estoit example exceptional expressing expressions fact faict Fail fault find first followed following force form frequently Froiss fussent future Gaut general groups homme indicative interrogative language locutions main Malh Malherbe Marg modal Mont mood usage negative note noted objective clause occurs opinion ordinarily ordonner our period Paliss past penser period possible pouvoir present puisse purpose qlqn qu'ilz relative result rien Rons rule s'il same second Seigneur semble sense sentence sera seroit sixteenth century sorte subject subjunctive usage Suppositive syntax tellement tendency tends tense time tion tive tost trouver type Vair verbs volition volitional vouloir works