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The Deferential Evidential in Mi'kmaq STEPHANIE INGLIS University College of Cape Breton In addition to the evidential suffixes - attestive -p ( n ) and suppositive -s ( n ) – previously reported ( Proulx 1978 , Inglis 2002 ) , Mi'kmaq ...
The Deferential Evidential in Mi'kmaq STEPHANIE INGLIS University College of Cape Breton In addition to the evidential suffixes - attestive -p ( n ) and suppositive -s ( n ) – previously reported ( Proulx 1978 , Inglis 2002 ) , Mi'kmaq ...
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In using the -s ( i ) p ( n ) form , the speaker defers to the evidential knowledge of the addressee . The suppositive evidential -s ( n ) , by contrast , marks statements as second - hand information : ( 19 ) Kesinukwas .
In using the -s ( i ) p ( n ) form , the speaker defers to the evidential knowledge of the addressee . The suppositive evidential -s ( n ) , by contrast , marks statements as second - hand information : ( 19 ) Kesinukwas .
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It is the second person singular form in Mi'kmaq which carries the deferential suffix , to the exclusion of the suppositive evidential , in the AI Independent and the AI If - conjunct . Heath ( 1998 : 84 ) reports the following exchange ...
It is the second person singular form in Mi'kmaq which carries the deferential suffix , to the exclusion of the suppositive evidential , in the AI Independent and the AI If - conjunct . Heath ( 1998 : 84 ) reports the following exchange ...
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