A survey of three adverbial clitics in Purepecha and their relation with evidentiality and epistemic modality
This paper describes the evidential clitic =nha in Purepecha, alongside two other clitics of epistemic value: =mintu and =xeru. It is shown that =mintu expresses a high degree of certainty, while =xeru corresponds to a low degree of certainty. Moreover, the use of =mintu does not present restriction...
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| Language: | English |
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El Colegio de México, A.C.
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México |
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| Online Access: | https://cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx/index.php/cl/article/view/7 |