SOUL 2017   Conference on the Syntax Of Uralic Languages   Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences   27-28 June 2017 Budapest

 

 

 

 

Evidentiality workshop

 

 

As part of the conference, there will be a special session:

 

Special session: Evidentiality in Uralic

Uralic languages are rich in markers expressing the source of information, and they distinguish several semantic types of evidentiality. Most evidential systems are undergoing changes: some forms become optional, some disappear and yet other forms emerge. In many Uralic languages and dialects, the verbs and morphemes that have given rise to the evidential forms are still used in their original form and function as well. Several evidentials are based on non-finites and distinguish themselves in their syntax and morphology from other non-finites or finite forms.

We welcome abstracts on (but not limited to) the following topics:

• What are the characteristics of the Uralic evidential systems? What is their syntax? What is their origin?

• What are the links with other categories, such as epistemic modality, deixis, tense and aspect?

• What are the factors that determine the rise and loss of evidential markers and the conditions of their optionality?

• What are the pros and cons of the methods of investigating Uralic forms of expression of source marking, evidentials, evidential strategies, the grammaticalization and lexicaliztation of source marking?

• What are the links between source marking and cognition?