ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that moods are morpho-syntactic categories and that the subjunctive is the mood of subordination. Noun clauses have the function of direct objects, prepositional objects or subjects of verbs and are embedded in main clauses. The use of the subjunctive indicates dependence of the subordinated clause upon the main clause, its predicate and subject. Its content is marked as the object of the main clause and only as an expression of the point of view of the speaker or main subject. In order for an impersonal expression to be used with the subjunctive, it must allow the dependent clause to be presented as something that is not generally known, accepted, believed or perceived as an independent fact. Relative clauses are introduced by relative pronouns, adverbs or other relative words. This noun or clause, which is also called antecedent, can stand directly before the relative clause or refer to something outside of the sentence.
