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Reportative evidential markers are – in contrast to other evidential markers – compatible with distancing interpretations, in which the speaker denies the truth of what is being reported. This exceptional behaviour of reportatives is termed ‘reportative exceptionality’ (AnderBois 2014). In this paper, which addresses French, Dutch and German reportative markers, we argue that they differ with respect to the frequency with which such distancing interpretations actually arise. The French reportative most frequently occurs with distancing interpretations, whereas German hardly occurs with this function. Dutch takes up an intermediate position. It is claimed that the higher compatibility of the with distancing interpretations can be accounted for by a number of factors: its general preference for contexts in which other perspectives than the speaker’s are highly salient; the fact that it has past tense morphology; and its general semantic make-up in which the marking of hypotheticality is a key function.

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Frequency differences in reportative exceptionality and how to account for them
Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation “Foundations of Language” 48, 682 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.23014.mor
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Keyword(s): contrastive linguistics; modal verbs; polyfunctionality; reportative evidentiality; reportative exceptionality

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