Glossary term I

Irrealis Modality

Irrealis modality is a modality that connotes that the proposition with which it is associated is nonactual or nonfactual.

More specific concepts within irrealis modality.

  1. Noonan 1985, 96
  2. Chung and Timberlake 1985, 241
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