Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Visual Evidential

Definition: 

A visual evidential is a sensory evidential signaling that the speaker's evidence for the truth of his or her statement is derived from the speaker’s own sight.

Source: 
Oswalt 1986
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LinguaLinks Ordering Information

Glossary Hierarchy

  • Grammatical Category
  • Mood And Modality
  • Epistemic Modality
  • Evidentiality
  • Sensory Evidential
  • Visual Evidential