Comparative Concept: knowledge predicate (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
knowledge predicate (cxn)
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the predicate expressing a knowledge event. Example: in Sally knows that Donald won the election, Sally's belief with respect to the proposition that Donald won the election is reported by the speaker; and, in addition, a positive epistemic stance is taken by the speaker toward that proposition (i.e., the speaker believes that Donald indeed won the election). (Section 18.2.2)