How are evidential functions distinguished by means other than grammatical paradigms, i.e. by function words and other lexical units? And how inventories of suc
The series is a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. General problems are studied from the perspective of individual langua
How are evidential functions distinguished by means other than grammatical paradigms, i.e. by function words and other lexical units? And how inventories of suc
Statements are always under the threat of the potential counter-question How do you know? To pre-empt this question, language users often indicate what kind of
This volume offers a thorough, systematic, and crosslinguistic account of evidentiality, the linguistic encoding of the source of information on which a stateme