On embedding and evidentiality in Bulgarian
On embedding and evidentiality in Bulgarian
Author(s): Uli SauerlandSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: propositional attitudes; presupposition; factivity; reportative; dubitative;
Summary/Abstract: The interpretation of evidentials in Bulgarian has to our knowledge only been investigated for unembedded occurrences just like in a number of other languages. In this paper, we show that evidentials can be embedded in the complement of a range of propositional attitude verbs in Bulgarian. We show that evidentials behave differently from modals when embedded in Bulgarian, and develop a presuppositional account of evidentials. We argue that embedded occurrences provide important evidence for distinguishing different theories of evidentiality.
Journal: Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 2-3
- Page Range: 131-152
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
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