Exploring Kogi epistemic marking in interactional elicitation tasks

A report from the field

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21463264
AutoresDominique Knuchel (0000-0003-1319-5786, University of Bern, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen54
Número2
Páginas447-467
Fecha de publicación2020-09-25
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFolia Linguistica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0165-4004 • E-ISSN: 1614-7308
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/flin-2020-2044
OpenAlexW2973792979
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas18

This paper discusses methods to investigate epistemic marking in Kogi, a Chibchan language of Colombia. The type of epistemic marking prominent in Kogi grammar belongs to the recently proposed category of engagement, which is concerned with signaling shared vs. non-shared access to a discourse object between the speech-act participants. This is manifested on the one hand in an (ad)nominal demonstrative that is licensed by shared visual or cognitive access to a referent, and on the other hand, in a set of verbal prefixes that reflect (a)symmetries in access to states of affairs. Given the relatively abstract meaning of epistemic markers as well as their particular context sensitivity, the study of such forms comes with certain challenges such as, for example, their elusiveness to semantic elicitation or relative scarcity in naturally occurring speech. The present study aims to circumvent these pitfalls by employing methods that constitute a middle ground between controlled elicitation and spontaneous speech, namely stimuli-based, interactional elicitation tasks, in which participants are asked to collaboratively solve a problem or develop a narrative. In addition to the description of the materials and procedures, the tasks are discussed with regard to the occurrence of engagement forms in the obtained data

Cognitive psychology · Construction Grammar · Deixis · Demonstrative · Epistemology · Grammar · Linguistics · Narrative · Natural language processing · Referent · Computer Science · Cultural and political discourse analysis · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies