昨日の記事「#5935. 現代英語の等位接続詞一覧」 ([2025-07-27-1]) に続き，今回は接続詞 (conjunction) のなかでも従位接続詞 (subordinator = subordinating conjunction) に注目し，その一覧を掲げたい．参照するのは Quirk et al. (§§11.9--11) である．

[　単純従位接続詞　]

after, (al)though, as, because, before, but (that), if, how(ever), like (familiar), once, since, that, till, unless, until, when(ever), where(ver), whereas, whereby, whereupon, while, whilst (especially BrE)

[　複合従位接続詞　]

・ that で終わるもの

in that, so that, in order that†, such that, except that, for all that, save that (literary)

・ that がオプションのもの

now (that), providing (that), provided (that), supposing (that), considering (that), given (that), granting (that), granted (that), admitting (that), assuming (that), presuming (that), seeing (that), immediately (that), directly (that)

・ as で終わるもの

as far as, as long as, as soon as, so long as, insofar as, so far as, inasmuch as (formal), according as, so as (+ to + infinitive)

・ than で終わるもの

sooner than (+ infinitive), rather than (+ infinitive)

・ その他

as if, as though, in case

[　相関従位接続詞　]

if . . . then, (al)though . . . yet/nevertheless, as . . . so

more/-er/less . . . than, as . . . as, so . . . as, so . . . (that), such . . . as, such . . . (that), no sooner . . . than

whether . . . or

the . . . the

　ほかに古めかしい従位接続詞として albeit, lest, whence, whither を加えてもよい．

　・ Quirk, Randolph, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, and Jan Svartvik. A Grammar of Contemporary English. London: Longman, 1972.

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