Evidencialidad indirecta en aimara y en el español de La Paz. Un estudio semántico-pragmático de textos orales

This dissertation investigates the expression of the indirect evidential subdomain in two languages in contact, i.e. the northern variety of Central Aymara and the variety of Spanish spoken in La Paz (Bolivia).
The dissertation is built around four research questions:

1. It shows the functions of the forms identified in the data in both languages;


2. provides a clear view of the relationship between the evidential and the epistemic modal domain involved in the use of the forms identified;


3. investigates speakers’ epistemic stance, in terms of commitment, towards information involved in the use of the evidential forms identified;


4. sheds light on the relationship between the expressions of the indirect evidential subdomain in the two languages.