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thanks for the pronunciation! I was afraid to ask, but I was way off.
larry
<<< Johanna Rubba <[log in to unmask]> 4/16 5:53p >>>
'Irrealis' is pronounced 'ear-ray-ahl-iss', with stress on the
next-to-last syllable.
It's a standard term in theoretical linguistics for verb forms and other
grammatical markers for hypothetical, non-actual states of affairs. In a
lot of languages, this is one meaning of subjunctive verb forms. In
English, constructions with 'would have' seem to be slowly taking over
the territory of the subjunctive--so we hear 'if he would have called me
last night' in place of 'if he had called me last night'.
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