Foreign Studies of Evidentiality Revisited

doi:10.12002/j.bisu.415

Abstract

Abstract:

As widely accepted in the existing literature, evidentiality is a domain that encodes the source of information for a given statement. Studies of the topic have been fruitful in recent years. Based on a survey of the publications in Elsevier, ProQuest, and EBSCO, the study found that 1) theoretically, apart from the dimensions of formal grammar and semantics, cognitive psychology, pragmatics, and discourse analysis were frequently adopted, among which the pragmatic perspective has increased in popularity. Scholars have even proposed the concept of interpersonal evidentiality; and 2) methodologically, evidentiality is not only a target for investigation, but is also a tool for conducting discourse analysis. Moreover, cross-language corpus studies and experimental designs are attracting increasing attention.

Keywords: evidentiality; evidential marker; foreign studies; review

摘要：

言据性是指说话人在语言使用过程中标记言语信息来源的现象。近年来，相关研究取得丰硕成果。本文主要基于Elsevier、ProQuest和EBSCO等文献数据库，梳理近十余年国外言据性研究的脉络。研究发现：①研究视角上，除了语法语义维度，认知心理、语用和语篇分析等维度被广泛采用，其中语用视角权重明显增加，学界还提出了人际言据的概念；②路径和方法上，言据标记不仅是考察的对象，也是话语分析的抓手，同时，跨语言的语料库研究或实验分析开始较多地出现。

关键词: 言据性, 言据标记语, 国外研究, 动态综述

CLC Number:

H030

Guo Yadong. Foreign Studies of Evidentiality Revisited[J]. Journal of Beijing International Studies University, 2022, 44(5): 119-129.

郭亚东. 国外言据性研究的进展与动态[J]. 北京第二外国语学院学报, 2022, 44(5): 119-129.

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