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.