Towards a new approach to evidentiality: Issues and directions for research
N Tournadre, RJ LaPolla - Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman area, 2014 - jbe-platform.com
Evidentiality is often defined as the grammatical means of expressing information source.
This paper argues for a broader definition of evidentials, as close work documenting …
This paper argues for a broader definition of evidentials, as close work documenting …
The pragmatic differences between grammatical and lexical evidentiality: A corpus-based study of Tibetan and English
E Mélac - Journal of Pragmatics, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper examines to what extent expressing information sources with a fully
grammaticalized evidential system or with lexical means may have a different pragmatic …
grammaticalized evidential system or with lexical means may have a different pragmatic …
Evidentiality as a grammaticalization passenger: An investigation of evidential developments in Tibetic languages and beyond
This article investigates the grammaticalization patterns of evidentiality from a cross-
linguistic perspective with a focus on Lhasa Tibetan. It documents the history of the …
linguistic perspective with a focus on Lhasa Tibetan. It documents the history of the …
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 …
languages spoken in the south-eastern Tibetosphere, should be considered a verb …
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 …
encoding of information source with the words parokṣe liṭ 'one uses the perfect tense in …
Functional transition from hear to nonvisual sensory and hearsay evidential categories: A case study of rGyalthang Tibetan
H Suzuki - Functions of Language, 2024 - jbe-platform.com
This article presents a development of evidential categories derived from a verb related to
the auditory sense in the evidential system attested in rGyalthang Tibetan varieties. The …
the auditory sense in the evidential system attested in rGyalthang Tibetan varieties. The …
A typological sketch of evidential/epistemic categories in the Tibetic languages
N Tournadre - Evidential systems of Tibetan languages, 2017 - degruyter.com
This chapter provides a typological overview of evidential categories found in the Tibetic
languages. The most complex evidential systems are attested in three regions of the world …
languages. The most complex evidential systems are attested in three regions of the world …
L'évidentialité en anglais-approche contrastive à partir d'un corpus anglais-tibétain
E Mélac - 2014 - theses.hal.science
Cette étude vise à fournir une description détaillée de l'évidentialité en anglais dans une
approche contrastive avec le tibétain. Elle repose sur un corpus spécialement recueilli au …
approche contrastive avec le tibétain. Elle repose sur un corpus spécialement recueilli au …
Evidence for the development of 'evidentiality'as a grammatical category in the Tibetic languages
B Zeisler - Empirical evidence for evidentiality, 2018 - torrossa.com
The coding of evidentiality and/or the speaker's attitude grammaticalized in most Modern
Tibetic languages, whereas Classical Tibetan lacks a fully developed evidential system. The …
Tibetic languages, whereas Classical Tibetan lacks a fully developed evidential system. The …
Copular constructions in syntax
M den Dikken, T O'Neill - Oxford research encyclopedia of linguistics, 2017 - oxfordre.com
Copular sentences (sentences of the form A is B) have been prominent on the research
agenda for linguists and philosophers of language since classical antiquity, and continue to …
agenda for linguists and philosophers of language since classical antiquity, and continue to …