Definition
Realis modality is a modality that connotes the factuality of a proposition.
Discussion
In its broad usage, the term realis is approximately equivalent in meaning to the term indicative, which in turn is used, narrowly, as a synonym to declarative.
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- Noonan 1985, 96
- Chung and Timberlake 1985, 241
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