Irrealis imperative? (somewhat OT)

[Nick Thieberger]

In South Efate (Oceanic, Vanuatu) the irrealis is obligatorily marked
in pronoun clitics and in a set of verbs which alternate initial p-
(realis) with f- (irrealis). The imperative uses the irrealis forms.

Nick

On 13 August 2011 04:21, Roger Mills <rfmilly at msn.com> wrote:
> An interesting, possibly amusing, question has arisen in quite another
> context: Does anyone know if, in languages with a well-marked/well-defined
> irrealis mode, can there be an "irrealis imperative"?
>
> Roger Mills
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