From Fables to Newspapers: Turkish and Bulgarian Evidentiality in Written Genres
Abstract
We examine evidentiality in Turkish and Bulgarian across seven written genres (news, history, police reports, fiction, fables, religious texts, and dreams). The results reveal genre-specific patterns and show that similar markers are used differently in each language, highlighting cross-linguistic contrasts in evidential interpretation.
Presentato: 05 Settembre 2025 | Accettato: 30 Settembre 2025 | Pubblicato 03 Novembre 2025 | Lingua: en
Keywords Narrative genres • Dream language • Bulgarian • Turkish • Evidentiality
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/BES/2785-3187/2025/01/005