Studies in evidentiality / / edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R. M. W. Dixon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957777503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2003
• ISBN: 9786612161476; 9781282161474; 1282161474; 9789027296856; 9027296855
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 347 p. : map
• Collana: Typological studies in language, , 0167-7373 ; ; v. 54
• Altri autori (Persone): AĭkhenvalʹdA. I︠U︡ (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna); DixonRobert M. W. <1939->
• Disciplina: 415/.01
• Soggetti: Evidentials (Linguistics); Typology (Linguistics)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Revised versions of presentations at the International Workshop on Evidentiality organized by the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University, 6-11 August 2001"--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Studies in Evidentiality -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Evidentiality in typological perspective -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Evidentiality in Shipibo-Konibo, with a comparative overview of the category in Panoan -- Final remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Evidentiality in Qiang -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Evidentiality in Western Apache (Athabaskan) -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Evidentials in Eastern Pomo with a comparative survey of the category in other Pomoan languages -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Evidentiality in Tariana -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Evidentiality in Jarawara -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: Evidentiality in the Balkans with special attention to Macedonian and Albanian -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: The Balkan Peninsula -- Chapter 9: Evidentiality in Yukaghir ; -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Texts -- Chapter 10: Evidentiality in Myky -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 11: Evidential category and evidential strategy in Abkhaz -- Notes -- References -- Texts -- Caucasian transcription and the SIL IPA -- Chapter 12: Evidentiality in Turkic -- References -- Chapter 13: Evidentiality in West Greenlandic -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 14: Evidentials -- Notes -- References -- Index of authors -- Index of languages and language families -- Index of subjects -- Series TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGE (TSL).
• Sommario/riassunto: In a number of languages, the speaker must specify the evidence for every statement whether seen, or heard, or inferred from indirect evidence, or learnt from someone else. This grammatical category, referring to information source, is called 'evidentiality'. Evidentiality systems differ in how complex they are: some distinguish just two terms (eyewitness and noneyewitness, or reported and non-reported), while others have six (or even more) terms. Evidentiality is a category in its own right, and not a subtype of epistemic or some other modality, or of tense-aspect. The introductory chapter sets out cross-linguistic parameters for studying evidentiality. It is followed by twelve chapters which deal with typologically different languages from various parts of the world: Shipibo-Conibo, Jarawara, Tariana and Myky from South America; West Greenlandic Eskimo; Western Apache and Eastern Pomo from North America; Qiang (Tibeto-Burman); Yukaghir (Siberian isolate); Turkic languages; languages of the Balkans; and Abkhaz (Northwest Caucasian). The final chapter summarises some of the recurrent patterns.