Evidentiality /:

Evidentiality is one of the most fascinating categories of human languages. In a number of languages, scattered across the world, every statement must contain a specification of the type of evidence on which it is based - whether the speaker saw it, or heard it, or inferred it from indirect evidence...

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1. Verfasser: Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford linguistics.
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Zusammenfassung:Evidentiality is one of the most fascinating categories of human languages. In a number of languages, scattered across the world, every statement must contain a specification of the type of evidence on which it is based - whether the speaker saw it, or heard it, or inferred it from indirect evidence, or learnt it from somebody else. This is a very powerful device for human communication. Many people think that it would be a good thing if our politicians had to talk in this way. The book investigates a variety of other grammatical categories related to evidentiality, such as aspect and person.
Beschreibung:Series statement on jacket.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxiii, 452 pages) : 1 map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-427) and indexes.
ISBN:9781435610019
1435610016
9780199263882
0199263884
9780191532542
0191532541
1280904321
9781280904325
1282328182
9781282328181
9786610904327
6610904324

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