New perspectives on evidentials: a view from Tibeto-Burman
Evidentiality is a grammatical category which has source of information as its primary meaning — whether the narrator actually saw what is being described, or made inferences about it based on some evidence, or was told about it, and so on. Evidentials are a particularly salient feature of T...
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| author | Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. LaPolla, Randy J. |
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| description | Evidentiality is a grammatical category which has source of
information as its primary meaning — whether the narrator actually
saw what is being described, or made inferences about it based on
some evidence, or was told about it, and so on. Evidentials are a
particularly salient feature of Tibeto-Burman languages. This volume
features in-depth studies of evidentiality systems in six languages:
Rgyalthang, a Kham Tibetan dialect, by Krisadawan Hongladarom;
Yongning Na (Naxi group; believed to be closely related to Lolo Burmese), by Liberty Lidz; Darma (Almora branch of Western
Himalayish), by Christina Willis; nDrapa (Qiangic), by Satoko
Shirai; Magar (Himalayish), by Karen Grunow-Hårsta, and Tabo (or
Spiti), a Tibetan dialect, by Veronika Hein. Each opens new
perspectives on the composition and the semantics of evidential
systems, on the marking of more than one information source in one
sentence, and on the grammaticalized expression of mirativity.
The new insights on evidentiality and related issues from the
Tibeto-Burman area are crucial for understanding evidentials in a
cross-linguistic perspective. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1779102024-06-04T08:36:44Z New perspectives on evidentials: a view from Tibeto-Burman Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. LaPolla, Randy J. La Trobe University Arts and Humanities Evidentials Information source Evidentiality is a grammatical category which has source of information as its primary meaning — whether the narrator actually saw what is being described, or made inferences about it based on some evidence, or was told about it, and so on. Evidentials are a particularly salient feature of Tibeto-Burman languages. This volume features in-depth studies of evidentiality systems in six languages: Rgyalthang, a Kham Tibetan dialect, by Krisadawan Hongladarom; Yongning Na (Naxi group; believed to be closely related to Lolo Burmese), by Liberty Lidz; Darma (Almora branch of Western Himalayish), by Christina Willis; nDrapa (Qiangic), by Satoko Shirai; Magar (Himalayish), by Karen Grunow-Hårsta, and Tabo (or Spiti), a Tibetan dialect, by Veronika Hein. Each opens new perspectives on the composition and the semantics of evidential systems, on the marking of more than one information source in one sentence, and on the grammaticalized expression of mirativity. The new insights on evidentiality and related issues from the Tibeto-Burman area are crucial for understanding evidentials in a cross-linguistic perspective. Published version 2024-06-04T08:36:43Z 2024-06-04T08:36:43Z 2007 Journal Article Aikhenvald, A. Y. & LaPolla, R. J. (2007). New perspectives on evidentials: a view from Tibeto-Burman. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 30(2), 1-16. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.30.2.01 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177910 10.32655/LTBA.30.2.01 2 30 1 16 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2007 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Arts and Humanities Evidentials Information source Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. LaPolla, Randy J. New perspectives on evidentials: a view from Tibeto-Burman |
| title | New perspectives on evidentials: a view from Tibeto-Burman |
| title_full | New perspectives on evidentials: a view from Tibeto-Burman |
| title_fullStr | New perspectives on evidentials: a view from Tibeto-Burman |
| title_full_unstemmed | New perspectives on evidentials: a view from Tibeto-Burman |
| title_short | New perspectives on evidentials: a view from Tibeto-Burman |
| title_sort | new perspectives on evidentials a view from tibeto burman |
| topic | Arts and Humanities Evidentials Information source |
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