Evidentiality in Akha

Inga-Lill Hansson

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Sammanfattning

In the Akha language - a Tibeto-Burman language - marking of evidentiality is obligatory. The evidential system marks whether a statement is based on factual knowledge or inferred from seeing, hearing or feeling. It also marks whether the speaker makes a statement without being asked or as a result of a question or a reaction to something happening. The evidentials are marked by high tone for non-past or low tone for past events.
Originalspråkengelska
StatusUnpublished - 2005

Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

  • Historia och arkeologi

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