Evidentiality in Darma (Tibeto-Burman)
This paper outlines the evidentiality system found in Darma, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Uttarakhand, India. The source of information is indicated for four levels: direct evidence, general knowledge, inferential and reported. Sources that come from direct evidence and general knowled...
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| description | This paper outlines the evidentiality system found in Darma, a
Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Uttarakhand, India. The source
of information is indicated for four levels: direct evidence, general
knowledge, inferential and reported. Sources that come from direct
evidence and general knowledge are indicated through the choice of
verb. The former is indicated with an equational verb and the latter is
indicated with an existential verb. Information that is inferred is
indicated in two possible ways. Either a bare verb stem is followed
by a grammaticalised form of the existential, or a future form of the
verb is followed with the grammaticalised form of the existential.
The reported evidential is a clause final particle that is
grammaticalised from the lexical verb ‘to say/call’. Indicating
information source is not obligatory in Darma. The examples
illustrating evidentiality in Darma are from a corpus of natural
discourse. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1779162024-06-04T08:50:19Z Evidentiality in Darma (Tibeto-Burman) Willis, Christina M. University of Texas at Austin Arts and Humanities Evidentials Tibeto-Burman This paper outlines the evidentiality system found in Darma, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Uttarakhand, India. The source of information is indicated for four levels: direct evidence, general knowledge, inferential and reported. Sources that come from direct evidence and general knowledge are indicated through the choice of verb. The former is indicated with an equational verb and the latter is indicated with an existential verb. Information that is inferred is indicated in two possible ways. Either a bare verb stem is followed by a grammaticalised form of the existential, or a future form of the verb is followed with the grammaticalised form of the existential. The reported evidential is a clause final particle that is grammaticalised from the lexical verb ‘to say/call’. Indicating information source is not obligatory in Darma. The examples illustrating evidentiality in Darma are from a corpus of natural discourse. Published version 2024-06-04T08:50:18Z 2024-06-04T08:50:18Z 2007 Journal Article Willis, C. M. (2007). Evidentiality in Darma (Tibeto-Burman). Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 30(2), 89-124. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.30.2.04 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177916 10.32655/LTBA.30.2.04 2 30 89 124 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2007 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Arts and Humanities Evidentials Tibeto-Burman Willis, Christina M. Evidentiality in Darma (Tibeto-Burman) |
| title | Evidentiality in Darma (Tibeto-Burman) |
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| title_fullStr | Evidentiality in Darma (Tibeto-Burman) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evidentiality in Darma (Tibeto-Burman) |
| title_short | Evidentiality in Darma (Tibeto-Burman) |
| title_sort | evidentiality in darma tibeto burman |
| topic | Arts and Humanities Evidentials Tibeto-Burman |
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