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'''Evidentiality''' is a way of marking [[epistemic modality]], i.e. how we know something is true. Some languages mark evidentiality in their verb system.
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===Example===
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Turkmen, for example, has four levels of evidentiality - direct, inferred, assumed, and reported. These are marked in the following way:
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''al-dy'' 's/he took';
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''al-ypdyr'' 's/he took (but I didn't see it)';
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''alan eken'' 's/he apparently took';
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''al-anmyş'' 'it is rumoured that s/he took'.
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It is important to use these correctly, otherwise the wrong impression can be conveyed.
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===Other languages===
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German [[Evidenzialität]]
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[[Category:Modality]]

Revision as of 13:42, 11 December 2007

Evidentiality is a way of marking epistemic modality, i.e. how we know something is true. Some languages mark evidentiality in their verb system.

Example

Turkmen, for example, has four levels of evidentiality - direct, inferred, assumed, and reported. These are marked in the following way:

al-dy 's/he took'; al-ypdyr 's/he took (but I didn't see it)'; alan eken 's/he apparently took'; al-anmyş 'it is rumoured that s/he took'.

It is important to use these correctly, otherwise the wrong impression can be conveyed.

Other languages

German Evidenzialität