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2 - Indexical Shift in Zazaki and Uyghur

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2022

Andrew Nevins
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University College London and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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In this chapter, the contributions of the minoritized languages Zazaki and Uyghur shore up a theoretical battle for philosophical ‘monsters’, specifically introducing radical revisions to semantic models of reported speech and attitude reports. In particular, these languages exhibit the phenomenon of indexical shift, whereby elements such as first-person pronouns in indirect quotations can refer to the matrix subject (and not the speaker themself), although with highly intricate constraints on when, some language-specific and some apparently universal.

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Print publication year: 2022

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  • Indexical Shift in Zazaki and Uyghur
  • Andrew Nevins, University College London and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Book: When Minoritized Languages Change Linguistic Theory
  • Online publication: 18 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029889.005
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  • Indexical Shift in Zazaki and Uyghur
  • Andrew Nevins, University College London and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Book: When Minoritized Languages Change Linguistic Theory
  • Online publication: 18 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029889.005
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  • Indexical Shift in Zazaki and Uyghur
  • Andrew Nevins, University College London and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Book: When Minoritized Languages Change Linguistic Theory
  • Online publication: 18 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009029889.005
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