Evidentiality and Mirativity in Navajo
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2016
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Linguistics
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This thesis examines the evidentiality and mirativity in Navajo. There are possibly two
evidential markers in Navajo, the reportative iini and the quotative "a-+inflected form of
dishni ... inflected form of dishni", and there is one mirative lao Their independent features are
compared to the typological features of evidentials and miratives in general, and their relative
positions and co-occurrence are also discussed.
The reportative iini and the quotative show a close relationship, and they both affect
the person and point of view in discourse complements. The reportative iini can mark
secondhand and thirdhand information, while the quotative by itself only marks direct
quotations. The mirative la, on the other hand, does not appear with third hand information.