Realis and irrealis: Forms and concepts of the grammaticalisation of reality

Linguistic Typology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-90

  Elliott, Jennifer R ^a  

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Author keywords

Conditional; Grammatical category; Imperative; Interrogative; Irrealis; Modality; Mood; Negation; Realis; Reality status; Tense.

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846876199     PISSN: 14300532     EISSN: 1613415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/lity.2000.4.1.55     Document Type: Article

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