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In the AN languages around the Huon Gulf of PNG that I'm familiar
with, all of which have well-defined distinctions of realis/irrealis
mode (or actual/potential, or nonfuture/future), imperatives are
irrealis. It seems a natural correlation to me.<br>
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Joel Bradshaw<br>
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On 8/12/2011 8:21 AM, Roger Mills wrote:
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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"? <br>
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Roger Mills<br>
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