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Mirativity and evidentiality in Bantu

Authors :
Hannah Gibson
Jenneke van der Waal
Source :
Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 52, Iss Supplement 14 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
LibraryPress@UF, 2024.

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.

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