Comparative Concept: irrealis pronoun (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
irrealis pronoun (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | irrealis pronoun |
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Definition
a pronoun that expresses an irrealis referent. 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)