Abstract EN:

As we approach the second millennium the second millennium the Castilian version of Spanish has two imperfect subjunctive forms: - ra and -se. Two main works have been accomplished in our research project: bibliographic research: in order to provide a basis for my theoretical framework, the research of all linguistic schools of "the - ra and - se question" has been thoroughly examined. I have also taken into account both the approaches and the conclusions of research projects that have been conducted this century. Research concerning the corpus: I compiled a base line corpus (24797 pages) with extracts covering the last fifty years - including such diverse fields as narration, theatre and cinema. Following the comparative analysis of diverse examples according to a wide range of criteria, I often came across contextual or cotextual features which seem to suggest the use of either - ra or -se as a result of my analysis, the continuing existence of two imperfect subjunctive forms in contemporary Spanish appears to be justified by the fact that they express two distinct degrees of disengagement.