Comparative Concept: neutral epistemic stance (sem)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
neutral epistemic stance (sem)
| Typ | meaning |
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| Alias(se) | neutral epistemic stance |
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no commitment on the part of the speaker to the actuality of a proposition expressed in a clause. Example: in If you press this button, the door will open, the speaker does not have a commitment to either your pressing the button or your not pressing the button. (Section 17.3.1)