Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1103334 Language Sciences 2012 13 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Teiwa realis is encoded as an inflectional verbal suffix, irrealis is unexpressed. ► Realis inflection marks events as actual and located in the real world. ► Realis may extend into subjective value of expected or presupposed reality. ► The discourse function of realis is to mark main foregrounded narrative events.
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