The contribution of Tibetan languages to the study of evidentiality
In his Aṣṭādhyāyī the great Sanskrit grammarian Pāṇini cryptically notes the grammatical
encoding of information source with the words parokṣe liṭ 'one uses the perfect tense in
reference to past action not linked to the present day and not witnessed'(Hock 2012: 93–
101); so began the study of evidentiality. 1 Although Tibetan grammatical studies, like all
domains of traditional Tibetan high culture, build upon Indian models, the Tibetan
grammarians did not inherit an explicit awareness of evidentiality. Alexandra Aikhenvald's …
encoding of information source with the words parokṣe liṭ 'one uses the perfect tense in
reference to past action not linked to the present day and not witnessed'(Hock 2012: 93–
101); so began the study of evidentiality. 1 Although Tibetan grammatical studies, like all
domains of traditional Tibetan high culture, build upon Indian models, the Tibetan
grammarians did not inherit an explicit awareness of evidentiality. Alexandra Aikhenvald's …
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