Finnish Evidentiality

[dH13b] [Aik04]

WALS [dH13b] F77A: indirectOnly (de Haan counts modal verbs as grammatical evidentials). [Aik04] treats Finnish as having no grammatical evidentials; modality via modal verbs (voida 'can', täytyä 'must', saattaa 'may'). Studies-side override.

Typed evidential inventory (Aikhenvald-strict view)

No grammatical evidentials per [Aik04]. WALS divergence (modal verbs) is documented in Studies/Aikhenvald2004.lean.

def Finnish.Evidentiality.evidentials : List Semantics.Evidential.Entry

Equations

• Finnish.Evidentiality.evidentials = []