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Title: | 'Realis' and 'irrealis' in Wogeo: A valid category? | |
Bibliographic Citation: | Exter, Mats; 2012-12-20; Kaipuleohone University of Hawai'i Digital Language Archive;http://hdl.handle.net/10125/4564. | |
Creator: | Exter, Mats | |
Date (W3CDTF): | 2012-12-20 | |
Description: | Finite verb forms in Wogeo, an Austronesian language of New Guinea, are obligatorily marked with a portmanteau prefix denoting person and number of the subject on the one hand, and a grammatical category that is conventionally glossed in the literature as realis–irrealis, on the other. In similar languages, the latter category is usually described as modal, with a certain range of meanings which is, in many cases, only vaguely defined. A more in-depth investigation of the verbal system of Wogeo and the functional distribution of the respective categories shows, however, that the language is quite different from a postulated prototypical realis–irrealis language. Central attributes of the supposed realis–irrealis semantics are not realized by the obligatory prefixes but by other morphosyntactic means, while the prefixes are restricted to only a small part of the assumed realis–irrealis domain. | |
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Identifier: | 978-0-9856211-2-4 | |
Identifier (URI): | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/4564 | |
Publisher: | University of Hawai'i Press | |
Relation: | LD&C Special Publication | |
Rights: | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States | |
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Table Of Contents: | exter.pdf | |
Type: | Book Chapter | |
Type (DCMI): | Text | |
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Archive: | Language Documentation and Conservation | |
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OaiIdentifier: | oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/4564 | |
DateStamp: | 2024-09-18 | |
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Citation: | Exter, Mats. 2012. University of Hawai'i Press. | |
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