{"product_id":"a-typological-study-of-evidentiality-in-qiangic-languages-paperback","title":"A Typological Study of Evidentiality in Qiangic Languages - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJunwei Bai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an intriguing but little understood language group within the Tibeto-Burman family, Qiangic languages are widely reported to have evidentiality, the grammatical means of expressing information source. How does this category function in this language group? Does it show any common features across these languages? And does it have any unique properties? Drawing on data from over a dozen languages and dialects, and cast within an informative typological framework, this study is the first attempt to answer these questions. It is found that evidentiality in Qiangic languages can be classified into three broad types. The study further demonstrates that modern systems cannot be inherited from Proto-Qiangic, and it also reveals certain features of the reported evidential that seem to be typologically rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJunwei Bai\u003c\/b\u003e obtained his Ph.D. in anthropological linguistics from James Cook University in Cairns, Australia, in 2020, under the supervision of Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R. M. W. Dixon, and is currently an Adjunct Research Fellow of The College of Arts, Society, and Education at the same university. His main research interest is the Munya language, which belongs to the Qiangic branch of the Tibeto-Burman family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 9.21 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47938922414301,"sku":"9789004526266","price":89.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/SxSkJ23hmL9789004526266.webp?v=1779205943","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-typological-study-of-evidentiality-in-qiangic-languages-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}