EVIDENTIALITY IN BOJNURD DIALECT OF KHORASAN TURKIC

Evidentiality is a grammar category reporting which sources the factual information is obtained from. Evidentiality in Turkic appears as indirectivity referring to indirect information. The talker comes into play after the event, not during the event. Information is obtained from the opportunities which are presented by the environment arisen after the event. Evidentiality in Bocnurd dialect is marked by the structures of -(I)ddI(r), -dI, -udi suffixes attached to verbs and IdI similar to -(y)IdI similar to -(y)dI, imis similar to -(y)imis suffixes attached to nouns. Among them, the structures of -(I)ddI(r) and IdI similar to -(y)IdI similar to -(y)dI are characteristic for evidentiality expression. udi suffix is used for stating evidentiality in the past tense. The type and number of evidentiality markers in the system has been formed as a result of historical developments and language relationships. Accordingly, the evidentiality table of Bocnurd dialect has been differentiated to some extent according to other members of Oghuz group.