A typological study of evidentiality in Qiangic languages / / by Junwei Bai.

• VerfasserIn: Bai, Junwei,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (90 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Two Approaches to Evidentiality -- 1.2 The Qiangic Branch -- 1.3 Framework, Concepts and Terminologies -- 1.3.1 Framework of Analysis -- 1.3.2 Volitional and Non-volitional Verbs -- 1.3.3 Endopathic Verbs -- 1.3.4 Egophoric, or Egophoricity -- 1.3.5 Mirativity and Mirative Extensions of Evidentials -- 1.3.6 First-Person Effects -- 1.3.7 Language, Dialect and Variety -- 1.4 Treatment of Sources -- 2 Evidentiality in Qiangic Languages -- 2.1 Core Rgyalrong -- 2.1.1 Cogtse Variety -- 2.1.2 Jiaomuzu Variety -- 2.1.3 Japhug Dialect -- 2.2 Khroskyabs -- 2.3 Horpa -- 2.3.1 Rtau Variety -- 2.3.2 Geshiza Variety -- 2.4 Qiang -- 2.4.1 Ronghong Variety -- 2.4.2 Qugu Variety -- 2.4.3 Puxi Variety -- 2.4.4 Longxi Variety -- 2.5 nDrapa -- 2.5.1 Upper Dialect -- 2.5.2 Lower Dialect -- 2.6 Munya -- 2.7 Ersu -- 2.7.1 Ersu Proper -- 2.7.2 Lizu Dialect -- 2.8 Pumi -- 2.8.1 Southern Dialect -- 2.8.2 Northern Dialect -- 2.9 Guiqiong -- 2.10 Shixing -- 3 Discussion -- 3.1 Three Types of Evidentiality Systems -- 3.2 Evidentiality in Qiangic: Genetic Retention or Independent Development? -- 3.3 Theoretical Implications -- 3.3.1 The Special Properties of the Direct Evidential -- 3.3.2 Grammaticalization of the Reported and Quotative Evidentials -- 4 Summary -- Index.