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Evidentials in Tibetan: Acquisition, semantics, and cognitive development

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: We describe the nature of the evidential system in Tibetan and consider the challenges that any evidential system presents to language acquisition. We present data from Tibetan-speaking children that shed light on their understanding of the syntactic and semantic properties of evidentials, and their competence in the point-of-view shift required for the use of evidentials in questions. We then examine connections between the mastery of indirect evidentials and children's inferential competence.

Source: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

DOI: 10.1002/cd.248

Authors: Jill G. de Villiers, Jay Garfield, Harper Gernet-Girard, Tom Roeper, Margaret Speas

Institutions: Smith College, The University of Melbourne, Central University of Tibetan Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Language: English

Topic: Language Development and Disorders

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2124331896

FWCI: 1.151

Cites: 16

Cited by: 108

Related to: 10