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In:Handbook of Pragmatics: 22nd Annual Installment
Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren
[Handbook of Pragmatics 22] 2019
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Evidentiality

 | University of Helsinki
Published online: 23 December 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.22.evi1
Article outline
  • 1.Preliminaries
  • 2.Modality and evidentiality
  • 3.Information sources
  • 4.Engagement, epistemic authority and right to know
  • 5.Non-evidential uses of evidentials
  • 6.Acquisition of evidentials
  • 7.Summary
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • References
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