Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Bai, Junwei

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2022.

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Description

ix, 80 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

As an intriguing but little understood language group within the Tibeto-Burman family, Qiangic languages are widely reported to have evidentiality, the grammatical means of expressing information source. How does this category function in this language group? Does it show any common features across these languages? And does it have any unique properties? Drawing on data from over a dozen languages and dialects, and cast within an informative typological framework, this study is the first attempt to answer these questions. It is found that evidentiality in Qiangic languages can be classified into three broad types. The study further demonstrates that modern systems cannot be inherited from Proto-Qiangic, and it also reveals certain features of the reported evidential that seem to be typologically rare.

Series Statement

Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences

Subject

• Evidentials (Linguistics)
• Sino-Tibetan languages
• Language and languages
• Linguistics
• Chang Tang Plateau (China and India) > Languages
• Asia > Chang Tang Plateau

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-76) and index.

Call Number

JFE 23-3340

ISBN

• 9004526269 (paperback)
• 9789004526266 (paperback)

LCCN

2022915749

OCLC

1347214845

Author

Bai, Junwei, author.

Title

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

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2022.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-76) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 23-3340