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Abstract

Evidentiality conveys information about the nature – and reliability – of the information source. This paper investigates the Finnish reportative evidential (hearsay particle) and the dubitative particle (‘supposedly, allegedly, as if’). I propose a unifying analysis of two seemingly divergent uses of , and show how they contrast with . My analysis builds on and extends recent work on reportatives regarding the distinction between the Animator (the speaker who utters the sentence) and the Principal (the person whose commitments are being expressed). Furthermore, I suggest that the dubitative may point to the existence of non-assertive discourse moves and has implications for our understanding of the discourse role of ‘Principal.’ This work also informs typological work on evidentials and related expressions by providing a systematic investigation of reportative and dubitative markers in a non-Indo-European language.

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Keyword(s): Animator; doubt; dubitative; evidentiality; Finnish; hearsay; kuulemma; muka; Principal; reportative evidential

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