The meaning of the Bulgarian and Turkish evidentials
The meaning of the Bulgarian and Turkish evidentials
Author(s): Anastasia SmirnovaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: evidentiality; epistemic modality; temporality; Bulgarian; Turkish;
Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses the meaning of the Bulgarian and Turkish evidentials. I argue that evidential forms in these languages have a rich semantic content: they encode the source of information, epistemic modality, and temporality. Ultimately, I show that the meaning of the Bulgarian and Turkish evidentials is not reducible to the meaning of perfect forms, from which the evidential forms are historically derived, and argue that evidentiality in Bulgarian and Turkish should be recognized as an independent category in its own right.
Journal: Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 2-3
- Page Range: 205-223
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English
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