Chapter 4. Interactions of speaker knowledge and volitionality in Sherpa
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Barbara F. Kelly✝
Abstract
This chapter investigates evidentiality and egophoricity in Sherpa, spoken in eastern Nepal. It seeks to build on existing accounts of Sherpa evidentials through an investigation of what triggers evidential and egophoric markers. I show that in some instances the trigger appears to be grammatically and temporally-based, in others it is speaker knowledge or evidence-based and in others it is motivated by the volitionality of the agent. The relations between each of these factors is examined here as part of an overall investigation into the Sherpa verbal system.
Abstract
This chapter investigates evidentiality and egophoricity in Sherpa, spoken in eastern Nepal. It seeks to build on existing accounts of Sherpa evidentials through an investigation of what triggers evidential and egophoric markers. I show that in some instances the trigger appears to be grammatically and temporally-based, in others it is speaker knowledge or evidence-based and in others it is motivated by the volitionality of the agent. The relations between each of these factors is examined here as part of an overall investigation into the Sherpa verbal system.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Chapter 1. Egophoricity 1
- Chapter 2. “Am I blue?” 79
- Chapter 3. Mirativity and egophoricity in Kurtöp 109
- Chapter 4. Interactions of speaker knowledge and volitionality in Sherpa 139
- Chapter 5. Egophoricity and differential access to knowledge in Yongning Na (Mosuo) 153
- Chapter 6. Egophoricity in Wutun 173
- Chapter 7. Egophoricity in Mangghuer 197
- Chapter 8. Morphological innovations in Mangghuer and Shirongolic 225
- Chapter 9. Egophoricity and argument structure in Cha’palaa 269
- Chapter 10. Egophoricity and evidentiality in Guambiano (Nam Trik) 305
- Chapter 11. The role of sentence type in Ika (Arwako) egophoric marking 347
- Chapter 12. The evidential nature of conjunct-disjunct terms 377
- Chapter 13. Egophoric patterns in Duna verbal morphology 405
- Chapter 14. Learning how to know 437
- Chapter 15. Self-ascription in conjunct-disjunct systems 473
- Language index 495
- Subject index 499
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Chapter 1. Egophoricity 1
- Chapter 2. “Am I blue?” 79
- Chapter 3. Mirativity and egophoricity in Kurtöp 109
- Chapter 4. Interactions of speaker knowledge and volitionality in Sherpa 139
- Chapter 5. Egophoricity and differential access to knowledge in Yongning Na (Mosuo) 153
- Chapter 6. Egophoricity in Wutun 173
- Chapter 7. Egophoricity in Mangghuer 197
- Chapter 8. Morphological innovations in Mangghuer and Shirongolic 225
- Chapter 9. Egophoricity and argument structure in Cha’palaa 269
- Chapter 10. Egophoricity and evidentiality in Guambiano (Nam Trik) 305
- Chapter 11. The role of sentence type in Ika (Arwako) egophoric marking 347
- Chapter 12. The evidential nature of conjunct-disjunct terms 377
- Chapter 13. Egophoric patterns in Duna verbal morphology 405
- Chapter 14. Learning how to know 437
- Chapter 15. Self-ascription in conjunct-disjunct systems 473
- Language index 495
- Subject index 499