The Realis-Irrealis Distinction in Caddo, the Northern Iroquoian Languages, and English

Chafe, Wallace

doi:10.1075/tsl.32.15cha

In:Modality in Grammar and Discourse
Edited by Joan L. Bybee and Suzanne Fleischman
[Typological Studies in Language 32] 1995
► pp. 349–366

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The Realis-Irrealis Distinction in Caddo, the Northern Iroquoian Languages, and English

Wallace Chafe

Published online: 21 August 1995

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.32.15cha

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