The paradigmaticity of evidentials in the Tibetic languages of Khams

D Drolma, H Suzuki - Studies in Language, 2024 - jbe-platform.com
This article argues that the evidential system of Khams Tibetan, a cluster of Tibetic
languages spoken in the south-eastern Tibetosphere, should be considered a verb …

Speaking about knowledge: Evidentiality and the ecology of language

AY Aikhenvald - Studies in Language, 2024 - jbe-platform.com
We focus on the grammatical expression of four major groups of meanings related to
knowledge: I. Evidentiality: grammatical expression of information source; II. Egophoricity …

The links between evidentiality, modality, and grammaticalization

E Mélac - Studies in Language, 2024 - jbe-platform.com
This paper introduces the main notions that are addressed in this special issue, namely
evidentiality, modality, and grammaticalization. It defines each notion and briefly synthesizes …

Evidentiality in Middle Classical Tibetan

G Oisel - Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, 2024 - brill.com
This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of Evidentiality in Middle Classical
Tibetan. This is of great importance since Middle Classical Tibetan is the oldest system in …

[PDF][PDF] Introduction: The functions of evidentiality (FoL special issue)

E Mélac, P Leclercq - Functions of Language, 2024 - hal.science
Evidentiality is a fairly recent concept that emerged in the 1940s and was popularized in the
1980s (for a description of the emergence of the concept, see Aikhenvald 2004: 11–17; …

[PDF][PDF] Emerging inferentials in English? A study of the evolving uses of the present perfect and have to

E Mélac - researchgate.net
This paper investigates the evolution of the present perfect and have to in English to assess
whether these forms may be considered emerging inferentials. Combining quantitative and …