EXPRESSING A PROPOSITIONAL MEANING  IN THE CATEGORY OF REALIS/IRREALIS  (in the example of the English and Uzbek languages)

Normurod Rasulov

EXPRESSING A PROPOSITIONAL MEANING IN THE CATEGORY OF REALIS/IRREALIS (in the example of the English and Uzbek languages)

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Normurod Rasulov Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages

Abstract

The article discusses typological application of the concept of “realis/irrealis”, serious approach to functional universals and the definition of grammatical typology. Moreover, the importance of existing the same indicator of negative grammatical form of the realis or irrealis event as the affirmative has been analysed.

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Published

2024-06-20

How to Cite

Normurod Rasulov. (2024). EXPRESSING A PROPOSITIONAL MEANING IN THE CATEGORY OF REALIS/IRREALIS (in the example of the English and Uzbek languages) . Journal of Academic Research and Trends in Educational Sciences, 234–238. Retrieved from http://ijournal.uz/index.php/jartes/article/view/1332