The interface of evidentials and epistemics in Turkish
Ayhan Aksu-Κοç · 2016
Evidentiality marking is grammaticized in Turkish and closely aligns with the marking of epistemic notions. This paper addresses questions regarding the nature of evidentiality as a modal category, explores the functions of the evidential suffix - mIs/-(y)mIs for indicating information source and speaker stance, and considers its complementary distribution with the neutral past tense marker -DI and the epistemic suffix -DIr, providing empirical evidence from acquisition research. It concludes that evidentiality in Turkish is a modal category that is distinct from epistemic modality.