Evidentiality deals with the marking of information source, that is
with means that specify how we come to know what we (think to) know.
For instance, such means indicate whether knowledge derives from
hearsay, or whether an inference has been based on perception or on
knowledge about habits. Often these indications are vague. This book
focuses on sentence adverbs and so-called function words in Slavic
languages. Six of them were subject of a questionnaire survey, whose
discussion, preceded by general methodological background, occupies
the second part of this book. The first half contains a thorough
consideration of notional links between evidentiality and related
domains, first of all of epistemic modality, and it discusses the
intricacies of doing lexicography of evidential marking.
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Lexical evidentiality markers in Slavic languages (A questionnaire study and its background)
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ISBN
9783631764985
Published
2019
Edition
1. edition
Publisher
Peter Lang
Language
Product language
Tysk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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