Epistemic modality and evidentiality: specificities and intersections in a functional discourse grammar approach

• Grant number: 13/18313-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: November 01, 2013
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Linguistic Theory and Analysis
• Principal Investigator: Marize Mattos Dall'Aglio Hattnher
• Grantee: Marize Mattos Dall'Aglio Hattnher
• Host Investigator: Kees Hengeveld
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands

Abstract

Based on the theoretical assumptions of the Functional Discourse Grammar (Hengeveld and Mackenzie, 2008), this project aims to make a typological analysis of the grammatical expression of modality in native languages of Brazil. Its main goal is to clarify the intricate relationship established between the epistemic modal values of certainty and uncertainty and evidential values of inference and deduction. (AU)