Still mirative after all these years

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5801375
AutoresScott Delancey (0000-0002-8155-099X, University of Oregon, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume16
Fascículo3
Páginas529-564
Data de publicação2012-11-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistic Typology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1430-0532 • E-ISSN: 1613-415X
EditoraDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/lity-2012-0020
OpenAlexW2981267941
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas86
Referências citadas13

This article re-presents the case, first presented in DeLancey (1997), for the mirative as a crosslinguistic category, and responds to critiques of that work by Gilbert Lazard and Nathan Hill. The nature of the mirative, a category which marks a statement as representing information which is new or unexpected, is exemplified with data from Kham (Tibeto-Burman) and Hare (Athabaskan). The mirative category is shown to be distinct from the well-known mediative or indirective evidential category. Finally, the role of mirativity in the complex verbal systems of Tibetan languages is briefly outlined

Evidentiality · Grammatical category · Statement (logic · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation