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Introduction published In: The Rise and Development of Evidential and Epistemic Markers
Edited by Silvio Cruschina and Eva-Maria Remberger
[Journal of Historical Linguistics 7:1/2] 2017
► pp. 1–8

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Introduction

The rise and development of evidential and epistemic markers


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Published online: 23 November 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jhl.7.1-2.01cru
Article outline
  • 1.Presentation of the special issue
  • 2.Structure and contents
    • 2.1The development of epistemic and evidential adverbial markers
    • 2.2The rise of evidential constructions and parentheticals
    • 2.3The grammaticalization of evidential and mirative verbs
    • 2.4The evolution of mirative particles and evidential morphology
  • 3.Patterns of development and variety of approaches
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
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