| Lemma | counterfactual |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bickerton (1981) |
| Titolo | Roots of Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | |
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| Citazioni | Counterfactuals are expressed by a combination of anterior and irrealis: anterior because current focus in such cases is always on the consequences of not having done whatever one didn’t do; and irrealis because the action or event in question is an imaginary one […]. |