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Egophoricity
Edited by Simeon Floyd, Elisabeth Norcliffe and Lila San Roque
[Typological Studies in Language 118] 2018
► pp. 473–494

Chapter 15
Self-ascription in conjunct-disjunct systems

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Conjunct markers, in at least some languages, are analyzed here as grammatically specialized for the semantic function of self-ascription: such markers indicate that a participant in the described event ascribed to herself the property described in the sentence. The hypothesis proposed here is that grammatically enabled self-ascription is fundamental to such systems, and that mirativity, as well as various other observed factors such as speaker ignorance, volitionality, and irony, are secondary effects that follow from this self-ascription analysis.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Conjunct-disjunct systems
  • 3.Previous accounts of conjunct-disjunct
  • 4.Conjunct morphology as indicator of self-ascription
  • 5.Event participant as self-ascriber
  • 6.Side-effects of self-ascription: Mirativity, intentionality, ignorance, and irony
  • 7.Conjunct-disjunct and the de se theory of person
  • 8.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • References
Published online: 25 April 2018
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