Plural form of subject as way of expressing a reported source of information in the English language
Keywords:
language, English, evidentiality, indirect evidentiality, plural form, subject, source of informationAbstract
The paper reviews the questions concerned with the category of evidentiality, plural form of subjects, ways of expressing a source of information in the English language. It shows that indirect evidentiality requires special linguistic means and plural form is one of the ways of expressing a source of information in indirect evidentiality.
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