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Evidentiality
Language: en
Pages: 481
Authors: Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-11-04 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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In some languages every statement must contain a specification of the type of evidence on which it is based: for example, whether the speaker saw it, or heard i
The Oxford Handbook of Evidentiality
Language: en
Pages: 929
Authors: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-18 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This volume offers a thorough, systematic, and crosslinguistic account of evidentiality, the linguistic encoding of the source of information on which a stateme
Evidence for Evidentiality
Language: en
Pages: 323
Authors: Ad Foolen
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-19 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Statements are always under the threat of the potential counter-question How do you know? To pre-empt this question, language users often indicate what kind of
Evidentials and Modals
Language: en
Pages: 560
Authors:
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-12 - Publisher: BRILL

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Evidentials and Modals offers an in-depth account of the meaning of grammatical elements related to evidentiality and modality, focusing on both theoretical and
Evidentials and Relevance
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Elly Ifantidou
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-01-01 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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This work examines evidentials and relevance. It covers topics such as: evidentials - their nature and functions; speech-act therapy; Grice on communication; re