Mirativity and evidentiality in Bantu

Studies in African Linguistics, vol. 52, pp. 1–8

Abstract

This special issue addresses how evidentiality and mirativity are expressed in various Bantu languages. Both the notions of evidentiality and mirativity remain underexamined for the Bantu languages – the following quote is quite typical: “It appears that expressing evidentiality as a verbal affix or clitic is the most common strategy.

Authors 2

1. Hannah Gibson

   University of Essex

   Affiliation as printed

   University of Essex

2. Jenneke Van der Waal Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University