The Oxford handbook of evidentiality / edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna), editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks in linguistics

Oxford handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidentials (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 882 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Handbook of evidentiality

Evidentiality

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

The first volume to offer a thorough and systematic account of evidentiality and the expression of information source, Illustrated with extensive data from a range of typologically diverse languages, Introductory chapter offers practical advice for fieldworkers investigating evidentially, Interdisciplinary in nature with insights from typology, semantics, pragmatics, language description, anthropology, cognitive psychology, and psycholinguistics Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Evidentiality: The framework / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. 1

Appendix A Fieldworker guide to evidentiality systems: Checklist of points 37

Appendix B Evidentiality and related concepts: Glossary of terms 40

Part I Evidentiality: Its Expression, Scope, and History

2 Evidentials and person / Jackson T.-S. Sun Sun, Jackson T.-S. 47

3 Evidentiality and its relations with other verbal categories / Diana Forker Forker, Diana 65

4 Evidentials and epistemic modality / Björn Wiemer Wiemer, Björn 85

5 Non-propositional evidentiality / Guillaume Jacques Jacques, Guillaume 109

6 Where do evidentials come from? / Victor A. Friedman Friedman, Victor A. 124

7 Evidentiality and language contact / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. 148

Part II Evidentiality in Cognition, Communication, and Society

8 Evidentials, information sources, and cognition / Ercenur Ünal Ünal, Ercenur, Anna Papafragou Papafragou, Anna 175

9 The acquisition of evidentiality / Stanka A. Fitneva Fitneva, Stanka A. 185

10 The interactional and cultural pragmatics of evidentiality in Pastaza Quichua / Janis B. Nuckolls Nuckolls, Janis B. 202

11 Evidence and evidentiality in Quechua narrative discourse / Rosaleen Howard Howard, Rosaleen 222

12 Stereotypes and evidentiality / Michael Wood Wood, Michael 243

Part III Evidentiality and Information Sources: Further Issues and Approaches

13 Evidentiality: The notion and the term / Kasper Boye Boye, Kasper 261

14 Extragrammatical expression of information source / Mario Squartini Squartini, Mario 273

15 Evidentiality and formal semantic theories / Margaret Speas Speas, Margaret 286

Part IV Evidentiality Across the World

16 Evidentiality and the Cariban languages / Eithne B. Carlin Carlin, Eithne B. 315

17 Evidentiality in Nambikwara languages / David M. Eberhard Eberhard, David M. 333

18 Evidentiality in Tukanoan languages / Kristine Stenzel Stenzel, Kristine, Elsa Gomez-Imbert Gomez-Imbert, Elsa 357

19 Evidentiality in Boran and Witotoan languages / Katarzyna I. Wojtylak Wojtylak, Katarzyna I. 388

20 Evidentiality in the Uto-Aztecan languages / Tim Thornes Thornes, Tim 409

23 Evidentiality in Aglonquian / Marie-Odile Junker Junker, Marie-Odile, Conor M. Quinn Quinn, Conor M., J. Randolph Valentine Valentine, J. Randolph 431

22 Evidentiality and epistemic modality in Gitksam / Tyler Peterson Peterson, Tyler 463

23 Evidentiality in Nakh-Daghestanian languages / Diana Forker Forker, Diana 490

24 Turkic indirectivity / Lars Johanson Johanson, Lars 510

25 Evidentials in Uralic languages / Elena Skribnik Skribnik, Elena, Petar Kehayov Kehayov, Petar 525

26 Evidentiality in Mongolic / Benjamin Brosig Brosig, Benjamin, Elena Skribnik Skribnik, Elena 554

27 Evidentiality in Tibetic / Scott DeLancey DeLancey, Scott 580

28 Evidentiality in Bodic languages / Gwendolyn Hyslop Hyslop, Gwendolyn 595

29 Evidentiality and the expression of knowledge: An African perspective / Anne Storch Storch, Anne 610

30 Evidentiality in the languages of New Guinea / Hannah Sarvasy Sarvasy, Hannah 629

31 Evidentiality in Formosan languages / Chia-Jung Pan Pan, Chia-Jung 657

32 The reportative in the languages of the Philippines / Josephine S. Daguman Daguman, Josephine S. 674

33 Evidentiality in Korean / Ho-min Sohn Sohn, Ho-min 693

34 Evidentiality in Japanese / Heiko Narrog Narrog, Heiko, Wenjiang Yang Yang, Wenjiang 709

35 Dizque and other emergent evidential forms in Romance languages / Asier Alcázar Alcázar, Asier 725

36 Evidentiality and information source in signed languages / Sherman Wilcox Wilcox, Sherman, Barbara Shaffer Shaffer, Barbara 741.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 755-842) and indexes.

ISBN:

0198759517

9780198759515

OCLC:

990029182