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Pragmatic functions of evidentiality in diplomatic discourse: Toward a new analytical framework [PDF]
This paper examines the pragmatic functions of evidentiality categories in diplomatic discourse by illustrating a new classification of English evidentiality. It adopts a data-based approach by analyzing a corpus of thirty English political speeches from
Zhongyi Xu
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BackgroundResearch on the use of video-mediated technology for medical consultations is increasing rapidly. Most research in this area is based on questionnaires and focuses on long-term conditions.
Stommel, Wyke J P +2 more
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The Appearance of Turkish Grammatical Evidentials in Fictional Narratives and Their Translation into English: The Case of “My Name is Red” / Türkçe Dil Bilgisel Kanıtsalların Kurgusal Anlatıda Kullanımı ve İngilizceye Çevirisi: “Benim Adım Kırmızı” Örneği [PDF]
In this study, we investigate the lexical markers and the evidential strategies used for grammatical evidentials in the Turkish to English translations of Orhan Pamuk’s novel “My Name is Red”. The objective of the study is to determine the equivalents
Melike Üzüm* +2 more
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Patterns of evidentials use in dream narratives
The article presents a study on evidentials use in dream reports collected from online dream journals. First, I discuss the relation between the categories of stance and evidentiality.
Valeriia Nikolaienko
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An Analysis of Colloquial Singapore English lah and Its Interpretation across Speech Acts
Previous research has observed that the Colloquial Singapore English particle lah conveys many different, and sometimes contradictory, pragmatic effects.
Junwen Lee
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On evidentiality in American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
This paper discusses the indirect evidential markers dizque in American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese by focusing on the Spanish varieties of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Lima (Peru), and the Brazilian Portuguese variety of São Paulo (Brazil).
Gabriel Martínez Vera
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Sentential evidentials in Englihs medical research papers
This paper studies evidentiality in a corpus of medical research papers in English and Spanish. We concentrate on sentential evidentials, i.e. evidentials affecting a complete proposition, in both languages.
Heather Adams, Francisco Alonso Almeida
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Evidentials and advertising: a sample study
This paper explores the use of evidential devices in press adverts in English in a compilation of original advertisements. Due to the appellative nature of advertising discourse, I think that these texts are likely to convey source of knowledge through ...
Laura Cruz García
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Abstract Evidential holism begins with something like the claim that “it is only jointly as a theory that scientific statements imply their observable consequences.” This is the holistic claim that Elliott Sober tells us is an “unexceptional observation” (1993: 35).
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