German Evidentiality

[dH13b] [Aik04]

WALS [dH13b] F77A: indirectOnly (de Haan counts modal verbs sollen / wollen as grammatical reportatives). [Aik04]'s stricter criterion treats German as having no grammatical evidentials; Studies-side override in Studies/Aikhenvald2004.lean.

Typed evidential inventory (Aikhenvald-strict view)

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

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

Equations

• German.Evidentiality.evidentials = []