Conjectural questions in Sm’algyax

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Folia Linguistica Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI:10.1515/flin-2023-2051

Colin Brown

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Abstract This paper discusses evidentials and their behaviour in interrogative sentences, based on novel data from Sm’algyax (Tsimshianic, British Columbia/Alaska). Typically, evidentials in declarative sentences receive a Speaker-anchored orientation (“According to my evidence, p”), and in interrogative sentences they receive an Addressee-anchored orientation (“According to your evidence, Q?”). This shift from Speaker to Addressee in questions is referred to as Interrogative Flip, which has been argued to be an obligatory process in canonical questions (Korotkova, Natasha. 2016. Heterogeneity and universality in the evidential domain. UCLA Doctoral dissertation). I discuss a particular evidential sn “Conjectural”, which exhibits variable interrogative flip in questions. The anchor of sn may shift to the Addressee, or it may result in a “Conjectural Question” reading, which I suggest involves a particular orientation of sn to neither the Speaker nor the Addressee. Adopting a simple modal analysis for evidentials, and a pragmatic approach to interrogative flip (Garrett, Edward John. 2001. Evidentiality and assertion in Tibetan. UCLA Doctoral dissertation; Korotkova, Natasha. 2016. Heterogeneity and universality in the evidential domain. UCLA Doctoral dissertation), I suggest that the variable interrogative flip behaviour falls out from the pragmatics of (non-)canonical questions (Farkas, Donka F. 2022. Non-intrusive questions as a special type of non-canonical questions. Journal of Semantics 39(2). 295–337).

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Sm'algyax 中的猜想问题

摘要本文根据来自 Sm'algyax（Tsimshianic，不列颠哥伦比亚/阿拉斯加）的新数据，讨论了疑问句中的证据及其行为。通常情况下，陈述句中的证据接受以说话者为中心的定向（"根据我的证据，p"），而在疑问句中，它们接受以受话者为中心的定向（"根据你的证据，Q？）在疑问句中，这种从说话者到受话者的转变被称为 "问句翻转"（Interrogative Flip），有人认为这是经典疑问句的一个必经过程（Korotkova, Natasha.2016.证据领域的异质性和普遍性。加州大学洛杉矶分校博士论文）。我讨论的是一种特殊的证据sn "Conjectural"，它在问题中表现出可变的问句翻转。sn的锚可能转向受话人，也可能导致 "猜测性疑问 "的解读，我认为这涉及到sn既不指向说话人也不指向受话人的特定取向。对证据语采用简单的模态分析，对疑问翻转采用语用学方法（Garrett, Edward John.2001.藏语中的证据性和断言。加州大学洛杉矶分校博士论文；Korotkova, Natasha.2016.证据领域的异质性和普遍性。加州大学洛杉矶分校博士论文），我认为可变的疑问句翻转行为是从（非）典型疑问句的语用学中产生的（Farkas, Donka F. 2022.非侵入性问题作为非规范问题的一种特殊类型。语义学杂志 39(2).295-337).

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期刊介绍： Folia Linguistica covers all non-historical areas in the traditional disciplines of general linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics), and also sociological, discoursal, computational and psychological aspects of language and linguistic theory. Other areas of central concern are grammaticalization and language typology. The journal consists of scientific articles presenting results of original research, review articles, overviews of research in specific areas, book reviews, and a miscellanea section carrying reports and discussion notes. In addition, proposals from prospective guest editors for occasional special issues on selected current topics are welcomed.