Comparative Concept: irrealis referent (inf)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
irrealis referent (inf)
| Typ | information packaging |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | irrealis referent • irrealis • irrealis (referent) |
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a referent which is in the 'world' or mental space representing a person's desire, wish, command, etc. Example: in Visit me sometime, sometime is an irrealis pronoun expressing an irrealis referent – a time only found in the hoped-for mental space of the speaker's offer. (Section 3.5)