Evidentials in Ryukyuan : the Shuri variety of Luchuan : a typological and theoretical study of grammatical evidentiality

This is the first comprehensive investigation of evidentials in Luchuan. Arakaki proposes that Luchuan has a grammatical evidential system, with one direct evidential and three indirect evidentials. Various cross-linguistic issues are discussed, opening new horizons for the study of evidentiality.