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Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.,

The Web of Knowledge : Evidentiality at the Cross-Roads / Evidentiality at the Cross-Roads Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald. - 1 online resource. - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences ; 2 Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441194 . - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences ; 2. Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441194. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Copyright page / Preface / Acknowledgements / Abbreviations / Tables and Illustrations / The Web of Knowledge -- Evidentiality at the Cross-Roads / Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.

Knowledge can be expressed in language using a plethora of grammatical means. Four major groups of meanings related to knowledge are Evidentiality: grammatical expression of information source; Egophoricity: grammatical expression of access to knowledge; Mirativity: grammatical expression of expectation of knowledge; and Epistemic modality: grammatical expression of attitude to knowledge. The four groups of categories interact. Some develop overtones of the others. Evidentials stand apart from other means in many ways, including their correlations with speech genres and social environment. This essay presents a framework which connects the expression of knowledge across the world's languages in a coherent way, showing their dependencies and complexities, and pathways of historical development in various scenarios, including language obsolescence.

ISBN: 9789004466425 9789004466418

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004466425 DOI

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Language and linguistics.
Linguistics.

LC Class. No.: P121

Dewey Class. No.: 410