Tibetan (Lhasa) Evidentiality

[Aik04]

Two-choice direct vs indirect via copula/auxiliary contrast. red/yod (personal knowledge) vs yin/'dug (indirect or new information). Egophoric system. WALS Ch 77 has no entry; the fallback fires.

Typed evidential inventory

Lhasa Tibetan's 2-way direct/indirect contrast realized in the copula and auxiliary system: red/yod (direct, personal knowledge) vs 'dug/yin (indirect, new information). Grammaticalized lexical opposition.

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

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