German Evidentiality

@cite{de-haan-2013} @cite{aikhenvald-2004}

WALS @cite{de-haan-2013} F77A: indirectOnly (de Haan counts modal verbs sollen / wollen as grammatical reportatives). @cite{aikhenvald-2004}'s stricter criterion treats German as having no grammatical evidentials; Studies-side override in Phenomena/Modality/Studies/Aikhenvald2004.lean.

def Fragments.German.Evidentiality.evidentialityProfile : Typology.Modality.EvidentialityProfile

German evidentiality typology per WALS @cite{de-haan-2013}.

Equations

• Fragments.German.Evidentiality.evidentialityProfile = Typology.Modality.EvidentialityProfile.fromWALS "German" "deu" "Indo-European" [] "sollen/wollen have evidential uses but are modal verbs"