Verum, focus and evidentiality in Conchucos Quechua

For most Quechuan languages, the discourse enclitic =mi has been described as a (contrastive) focus marker and/or as a marker of direct evidentiality. In this paper, I argue that these claims do not seem to apply to Conchucos Quechua (Ancash, Peru). To challenge the association between =mi and focus...

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Main Author: Bendezú-Araujo Raúl
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: De Gruyter 2023-12-01
Series:Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/zfs-2023-2016