Abstract

ALZATE, Róbinson Grajales. EPISTEMIC VERBS AS AN EVIDENTIALITY STRATEGY IN MEDELLÍN'S SPANISH. Linguist.lit. [online]. 2016, n.69, pp.339-361. ISSN 0120-5587.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n69a15.

Propositional attitude verbs express lexical evidentiality. This property may have nuances, which depend on whether these verbs, in their performative forms, are in parenthetical constructions, whether or not they omit the pronominal subject or if the pronominal subject is before the verb or postponed. Verbs with this meaning and their frequency of occurrence were described within the PRESEEA-Medellín corpus. Five verbs of propositional attitude were found: believe, think, imagine, assume and consider. Of these the most common are believe and think, and all these verbs are performed with omission and expression of pronominal subject (both before the verb or postponed), and they also appear in parenthetical constructions. These aspects have been described in other studies, but there are also some particular nuances in contrast to other research.

Keywords : evidentiality; verbs of propositional attitude; Spanish of Medellín; believe, think, imagine, assume and consider.

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