Folklore Evidentiality ( Concept )
http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/FolkloreEvidentiality


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      |_ Abstract
            |_ Linguistic Property
                  |_ Morphosyntactic Property
                        |_ Evidentiality Property
                              |_ Folklore Evidentiality

Definition:

FolkloreEvidentiality encodes the fact that the speaker came to believe the content of the expression through legend, folklore or some other established tradition [Palmer 2001: 40].


Usage Notes

Examples
Language Code: arc Palmer refers to the folklore evidential as a general knowledge evidential.
2009-06-04 13:28:07
čhéemul-ʔma
rain.fell-FOLK
It rained (that's an established fact)

References:
Kibrik (1998:470-1)


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