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Mirativity and evidentiality in Bantu
- Source :
- Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 52, Iss Supplement 14 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- LibraryPress@UF, 2024.
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Abstract
- This special issue addresses how evidentiality and mirativity are expressed in various Bantu languages. Both the notions of evidentiality and mirativity remain underexamined for the Bantu languages – the following quote is quite typical: “It appears that expressing evidentiality as a verbal affix or clitic is the most common strategy.
- Subjects :
- mirativity
evidentiality
Bantu
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English, French
- ISSN :
- 00393533 and 2154428X
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- Supplement 14
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Studies in African Linguistics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.9c1a17e1d6d4dfb94416985c35f934e
- Document Type :
- article