About the choice of the mood of subjunctive and indicative

Yukihiko KAWAMATA

1. Purpose
In the clause which determine a noun, trying to collect about the method of the analysis in which we study about the syntaxes condition which determine the choice of the mood paying attention to the verbal nature and the utterance intention of the speaker, referring to the thesis of Brigitte Kamper-Manhe.

2. Method and object
a) The arrangement of the example
At first, from the syntaxical viewpoint and the semantic viewpoint, arrange corpus. As points of the arrangement, the limited relative clause, concession, non-existence, superlative degree and which similar to superlative degree, the specific expression as le fait que are given.
b)analysis
In every item classified in a), reclassify in
1. The sentence that the substitution of the mood subjunctive and indicative is possible
2. The sentence that either one side becomes a non-sentence when the mood subjunctive and indicative are moved
3. The sentence which has corpus with either one mood
4. the sentence that the distinction of the law is directly difficult
So far as it is possible, making to confront each other within the minimum range, and analyze the syntaxical structure and the meaning structure.
Relate the alike things in case 1. and case 2., analyze the difference in the meaning of not only the verb that is in the mood indicative but also a main verb, making to confront each other.
As for 3., making the sentence which the mood of the example was replaced and let them checked by a native speaker. If it is possible, get some comment on that condition and the meaning.
As for 4., classified by a native speaker whether a verb in question is in the mood subjunctive, indicative or non-interpretationable.
As for the thing that the subjunctive and indicative are concluded as to both, a questionnaire is taken about the difference in the meaning of two sentences.

3. The investigation of Brigitte Kamper-Manhe
1) a) *J'ai une maison qui soit jolie
b) Je veux une maison qui soit jolie
2) a) *Je vois une maison qui ait des vlets rouges
b) Je cherche une maison qui ait des volets rouges
3) a) *Je possede une voiture qui soit rapide
b)J'ai besoin d'une voiture qui soit rapide
4) a) *Il existe une voiture quiait de la reprise
b) Il me faut une voiture qui ait de la reprise
5) a)*Elle sent un parfum qui soit frais
b) Elle reclame un parfum qui soit frais

The difference is, in b), the verbe is classified as “volitif” and others in a).
1) a) *J'ai une maison qui soit jolie
b) Je veux une maison qui soit jolie
2 ) a) *Je vois une maison qui ait des vlets .
Therefore, it can be said that subjunctive is taken about the ornamental clauses after vouloir, chercher, avoir besoin de, falloir and reclamer.
In this case, the verb in a) isn’t a verb “volitif” but a verb of perception, and only indicative is possible.

6) Je veux une maison qui est jolie
7) Je cherche une maison qui a des volets rouges
8) J'ai besoin d'une voiture qui est rapide
9) Il me faut une voiture qui a de la reprise
10) Elle reclame un parfum qui est frais
6)Je veux une maison qui est jolie
7) Je cherche une maison qui
To analyze the ornamental clause of the object of the verb which is “volitif”, replaced with the indicative and subjunctive without changing the syntaxic structure.
A indicative is replaced with a subjunctive.
As for the differences of the two, there is a motive in the choice because a main verb has the nature of the will/wish and including the case that indicative isn't obligatory

4. Problem
When the questionnaire is taken, it is difficult to find conclusion in a case the data has oppositional conclusion. Moreover, it is difficult to prove it scientifically because a personal difference in a language sense is big and has a speaker’s subject as analysis object.

5. Reference
Kampers-Manhe, Brigitte:L’opposition subjonctif/indicatif dans les relatives.—Amsterdam, 1991｜BL 1991, 8070｜ZFSL 105/1, 1995, 90 Gerhard Boysen