Narrative conventions in Tibetan languages: the issue of mirativity
In quite a few languages, not only the order of events and their localization in time, the manner and phases of realization, or their quantity and quality are lexically or grammatically encoded. Additionally, information may be encoded about a) the means by which the knowledge of the event described...
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author | Zeisler, Bettina |
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description | In quite a few languages, not only the order of events and their localization in time, the manner and phases of realization, or their quantity and quality are lexically or grammatically encoded. Additionally, information may be encoded about a) the means by which the knowledge of the event described was acquired by the speaker (evidentiality), and b) the status of this knowledge as old and assimilated vs. new and unexpected (mirativity). In the past fifteen years, both phenomena have been addressed in several papers (see DeLancey 1997 for references). |
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spelling | ntu-10356/1780722024-06-07T06:12:50Z Narrative conventions in Tibetan languages: the issue of mirativity Zeisler, Bettina Freien Universität Berlin, Institut für Indische Philologie und Kunstgeschichte Arts and Humanities In quite a few languages, not only the order of events and their localization in time, the manner and phases of realization, or their quantity and quality are lexically or grammatically encoded. Additionally, information may be encoded about a) the means by which the knowledge of the event described was acquired by the speaker (evidentiality), and b) the status of this knowledge as old and assimilated vs. new and unexpected (mirativity). In the past fifteen years, both phenomena have been addressed in several papers (see DeLancey 1997 for references). Published version 2024-06-07T06:12:50Z 2024-06-07T06:12:50Z 2000 Journal Article Zeisler, B. (2000). Narrative conventions in Tibetan languages: the issue of mirativity. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 23(2), 39-77. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.23.2.03 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178072 10.32655/LTBA.23.2.03 2 23 39 77 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 2000 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
spellingShingle | Arts and Humanities Zeisler, Bettina Narrative conventions in Tibetan languages: the issue of mirativity |
title | Narrative conventions in Tibetan languages: the issue of mirativity |
title_full | Narrative conventions in Tibetan languages: the issue of mirativity |
title_fullStr | Narrative conventions in Tibetan languages: the issue of mirativity |
title_full_unstemmed | Narrative conventions in Tibetan languages: the issue of mirativity |
title_short | Narrative conventions in Tibetan languages: the issue of mirativity |
title_sort | narrative conventions in tibetan languages the issue of mirativity |
topic | Arts and Humanities |
url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178072 |
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