Turkish Evidentiality

[dH13b] [Aik04]

Two-choice direct vs indirect. Past-tense paradigm contrasts -DI (witnessed) with -mIş (inferred or reported). The canonical indirect-evidential of a major language. Fused with TAM. WALS and Aikhenvald agree.

Typed evidential inventory

Turkish's canonical 2-way contrast: -DI (direct/witnessed) vs -mIş (indirect, covering inference and report). Fused with past tense. The -mIş is Aikhenvald's classic example of an A2 non-firsthand marker.

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

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