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Epistemic uses of the verb decir in La Paz Spanish Digamos and dice
Quartararo Geraldinesubject
Settore L-LIN/07 - Lingua E Traduzione - Lingua Spagnolaindirect evidentiality epistemic modality stance grammaticalizationSettore L-LIN/01 - Glottologia E Linguisticadescription
This paper explores semantic extensions and pragmatic functions of two evidential forms found in La Paz Spanish, digamos ‘let’s say’ and dice ‘s/he says’. Both forms are inflected forms of the verb decir ‘to say’. The form dice ‘s/he says’ has the function of a reported evidential form, conforming to results from previous studies (Babel 2009; Olbertz 2007; Travis 2006; Laprade 1981), while the form digamos is used according to a previously unnoticed function of an inferential evidential.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-01 |