Abstract Children aged 4.75–8.50 years (n= 127) heard testimony about improbable or
impossible events—referencing either spoken hearsay, a book, or the internet—and judged …

Understanding and acquiring language involve mapping language onto conceptual
representations. Nevertheless, several issues remain unresolved with respect to (a) how …

It is often assumed that cross-linguistically more prevalent distinctions are easier to learn
(Typological Prevalence Hypothesis; TPH). Prior work supports this idea in phonology …

Two studies examined what information American children ages 4–6 (n= 120; 56 boys; 64
girls; 81% White) transmit to a naïve listener after hearing testimony from previously accurate …

Aspectual and mood morphology are vulnerable domains in adult heritage speakers. This
paper investigates the root of such vulnerability within the domain of Turkish evidentiality …

This paper explores how evidentiality is defined in recent research. It was inspired by the
recent publication of The Oxford Handbook of Evidentiality and several other volumes, which …

Cross-linguistically prevalent semantic distinctions are widely assumed to be easier to learn
because they reflect natural concepts. Here we propose an alternative, pragmatic …

The first language (L1) acquisition of evidentiality is a late-achievement cross-linguistically.
In Turkish, research with 2-to 7-year-old children found that evidentiality is not fully mastered …

Languages deploy various resources to express knowledge–especially the knowledge
which correlates with special powers. In quite a few languages of the world, every sentence …

The paper presents a diachronically based concept of the evidential function in the
language. It is argued for a specific discourse evidentiality of the oldest autochthonic …