Displaying knowledge in journalistic texts: A contrastive analysis of an evidential particle in Estonian and Finnish
!is paper examines the semantics of the Estonian and Finnish epistemic-evidential particles teatavasti and tiettävästi (‘as is generally known’ and ‘as far as is known’). Based on newspaper data and focusing on textual and intersubjective meanings, this analysis adopts the Cognitive Grammar descript...
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Published in | Lahivordlusi/Lahivertailuja Vol. 22; no. 22; pp. 43 - 70 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühing (ERÜ)
01.01.2012
Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics (EAAL) Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühing = Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics |
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Summary: | !is paper examines the semantics of the Estonian and Finnish epistemic-evidential particles teatavasti and tiettävästi (‘as is generally known’ and ‘as far as is known’). Based on newspaper
data and focusing on textual and intersubjective meanings, this analysis adopts the Cognitive Grammar description of relational predicates. !e comparison is based on the properties of the fact
that is within the scope of the particle (knowledge that is specific or generic, conventionalised or non-conventionalised, and more or less irrefutable). Whereas the Finnish particle conveys a strong
implication of reported knowledge, which often causes a message of slight hedging, the Estonian particle is used to mark the issue at hand as being certain. In addition, the information in Estonian
is displayed as being accessible and shared to interlocutors. On a textual level, the characteristic feature of this Estonian particle is to mark a fact as the background information for a more topical
element of the text. In contrast, the Finnish particle is o#en used for organising the di$erent reported voices in a text. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1736-9290 |
DOI: | 10.5128/LV22.02 |