rarum 47: use of an oblique case on a non-finite verb form to express evidentiality (hearsay, inferential)
- Where found
- Estonian and South Estonian dialects (Uralic); Latvian (Baltic, IE); Kayardild ((non?)PN, Australian)
- Domain
- morphology: inflection
- Subdomain
- locus
- Keywords
- evidentiality, case, verb, non-finite
- Type
- rarum
- Universals violated
- none
- Source
- Bernhard Wälchli, LINGTYP List, 16 Feb 2000
