Studies in evidentiality / edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)

Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-

Conference Name:

International Workshop on Evidentiality (2001 : La Trobe University)

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 54.

Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidentials (Linguistics)--Congresses.

Evidentials (Linguistics).

Typology (Linguistics)--Congresses.

Typology (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xiv, 347 p. : map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2003.

Summary:

In a number of languages, the speaker must specify the evidence for every statement whether seen, or heard, or inferred from indirect evidence, or learnt from someone else. This grammatical category, referring to information source, is called 'evidentiality'. Evidentiality systems differ in how complex they are: some distinguish just two terms (eyewitness and noneyewitness, or reported and non-reported), while others have six (or even more) terms. Evidentiality is a category in its own right, and not a subtype of epistemic or some other modality, or of tense-aspect. The introductory chapter sets out cross-linguistic parameters for studying evidentiality. It is followed by twelve chapters which deal with typologically different languages from various parts of the world: Shipibo-Conibo, Jarawara, Tariana and Myky from South America; West Greenlandic Eskimo; Western Apache and Eastern Pomo from North America; Qiang (Tibeto-Burman); Yukaghir (Siberian isolate); Turkic languages; languages of the Balkans; and Abkhaz (Northwest Caucasian). The final chapter summarises some of the recurrent patterns.

Contents:

Studies in Evidentiality

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of contents

Contributors

Preface

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Evidentiality in typological perspective

Notes

References

Chapter 2: Evidentiality in Shipibo-Konibo, with a comparative overview of the category in Panoan

Final remarks

Chapter 3: Evidentiality in Qiang

Conclusion

Chapter 4: Evidentiality in Western Apache (Athabaskan)

Conclusions

Chapter 5: Evidentials in Eastern Pomo with a comparative survey of the category in other Pomoan languages

Chapter 6: Evidentiality in Tariana

Chapter 7: Evidentiality in Jarawara

Summary

Chapter 8: Evidentiality in the Balkans with special attention to Macedonian and Albanian

Appendix: The Balkan Peninsula

Chapter 9: Evidentiality in Yukaghir

Texts

Chapter 10: Evidentiality in Myky

Chapter 11: Evidential category and evidential strategy in Abkhaz

Caucasian transcription and the SIL IPA

Chapter 12: Evidentiality in Turkic

Chapter 13: Evidentiality in West Greenlandic

Chapter 14: Evidentials

Index of authors

Index of languages and language families

Index of subjects

Series TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGE (TSL).

Notes:

"Revised versions of presentations at the International Workshop on Evidentiality organized by the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University, 6-11 August 2001"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612161476

9781282161474

1282161474

9789027296856

9027296855

OCLC:

70766897