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Evidentiality: Aspect or Modality?
I was curious about evidentiality. In Turkish, evidentiality can be seen as {-mIş} suffix, but English does not have any suffix to express. Take a look at this sentence:
Babası ona yeni ayakkabı ...
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Does lack of evidence count as evidentiality?
The "-mİş" forms in Turkish are traditionally given as examples of evidentiality:
geliyor (he's coming; implies direct knowledge, generally visual)
geliyormuş (he's coming; implies indirect knowledge,...
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