Evidentiality in Middle Classical Tibetan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21458082 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guillaume Oisel (0000-0001-9786-4240, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos https://dx.doi.org/33209 Lima Peru, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 68-138 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cahiers de linguistique - Asie orientale (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0153-3320 • E-ISSN: 1960-6028 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/19606028-bja10037 |
| OpenAlex | W4393987341 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of Evidentiality in Middle Classical Tibetan. This is of great importance since Middle Classical Tibetan is the oldest system in typological studies yet identified that uses evidentiality beginning in at least the 15th century. This article also highlights the distinction between the notions of information source and information access in an evidential system. By using a morphosyntactic approach, the usage of evidentiality can be properly described in that language. Specifically, certain types of highly complex copula and auxiliary verb constructions, which had not been previously analyzed, can be used to demonstrate how evidentiality is grammaticalized in Middle Classical Tibetan. This approach avoids the pitfalls of lexical-only analyses, which have previously not been able to support a comprehensive and accurate description of evidentiality. Further, the intricate interaction between evidentiality, aspect, and epistemic modality reveals the subtlety and complexity of the system. Finally, the interaction between evidentiality and politeness register, reveals discursive complex social relationships which have not been previously described and the importance of social deixis in the study of evidentiality
Deixis · Evidentiality · Linguistics · Categorization, perception, and language · History · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Aspect
Evidentiality and Its Relations With Other Verbal Categories
Auxiliaries
Auxiliary Verb Constructions
To be or not to be
Emergence of the honorific register in Tibetic languages
Pragmatics and Social Deixis
The Classical Tibetan Language
The Oxford Handbook of Evidentiality
The pragmatic differences between grammatical and lexical evidentiality
Epistemic Modality, Language, and Conceptualization
Language & Linguistics
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |