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123. hawe ne — the Reportative / Hearsay Evidential

How does the language mark information acquired through speech or hearsay?

言語は、話し言葉や伝聞を通じて得た情報をどのように標示するか?

hawe ne ('it is the voice/report that'), marking information acquired through speech or hearsay, distinct from but adjacent to the sekor quotative and reported-discourse system.

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hawe ne 23ruwe ne 11hawe as 8hawe 7sekor 7haw 6ne 2siri ne 2humi ne 2hum 2haw-e 2-he 2sekor haw=an 2ari / ani 2humi as 2ta 2hawehe 1*hawehe 1aste 1iteki e=hawe aste 1e=hawe 1sekor isoytak 1haw=an 1hawe ne yakun 1[quoted content] sekor [verb of saying] hawe ne 1se + kor 1sekor … hawe ne 1as 1hawas 1NMLZ + ne 1NMLZ + an 1NMLZ 1NMLZ + un 1hawe! 1hawe ta an? 1… somo ki hawe ne 1a 1hawe ne kusu 1*kusu hawe ne 1… hawe as ruwe ne 1

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  1. The particle manu functions as an indirect narrative marker ('...that...') or as an expletive (filler) particle.
    manu は間接叙法「……と」を表すか、または添辞(expletive)として用いられる。
    form-function manu
    asserts kindaichi1936
  2. When a quote reports hearsay, ari is used together with the existential verb an.
    引用が伝聞である場合、ariは存在動詞anとともに用いられる。
    form-function hokkaido/southwest/shizunai generic arian
    asserts refsing1986
  3. The auxiliary manu 'is said to be, like' does not occur at sentence-final position, and its use is almost entirely restricted to expressions like kamuy ne manu p.
    manu「〜と言われる、〜のような」は文末には現れず、また、ほぼ kamuy ne manu p のような表現に限られる。
    distribution usually manu
    asserts sato2008
  4. The hearsay marker yakaye 'it is said' can be morphologically analyzed as the quotative conjunction yak plus the indefinite transitive verb form a-ye 'people say'.
    伝聞を表す yakaye「そうだ」は、引用の yak「〜と」と他動詞の不定人称形 a-ye「人が言う」からなる不定人称文として分析できる。
    analysis hokkaido generic yakayeyaka-ye
    asserts sato2008

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Place in the evidential paradigm 2 claims ·5 sentences

What is the reportative evidential and how does it relate to other evidentials?

  1. The hearsay particle construction manuyke 'it is said that...' is treated as a single word rather than being divided into separate elements.
    伝聞の manuyke「〜だそうで」は分離されず、一語として扱われる。
    analysis sakhalin manuyke
    asserts murasaki2025
  2. The auxiliary verb manu expresses hearsay or folktale reportative evidentiality ('it is said that').
    助動詞 manu は《〜とさ》を表す。
    form-function sakhalin generic manu
    asserts murasaki2025

Morphology: hawe is haw-e, 'the voice/word of —' 10 sentences

What is the morphological structure of the reportative evidential?

Meaning: verbal source and reportative function 8 claims ·12 sentences

What meanings does the reportative evidential convey?

  1. The complex predicate hawe ne functions as a reportative evidential ('it is said that').
    複合述語 hawe ne は伝聞証拠性(「〜とのことである」)を表す。
    form-function hokkaido/southwest generic hawe ne
    asserts bugaeva2012
  2. In Tamura (1997), "hawe ne" is described as being used when speaking based on what someone said, such as introducing what another person said or further explaining one's own words.
    田村(1997)によれば、hawe ne は他人が言ったことを紹介する場合や自分が言ったことをさらに説明する場合など、だれかが言ったことに基づいて述べる場合に用いられる。
    form-function generic hawe ne
    reports hirosawa2026
  3. In Nakagawa's (1995) dictionary of the Chitose dialect, "hawe ne" is defined as a sentence-final particle indicating that something was judged based on verbal information, and it can also be used to explain or confirm the meaning of one's own utterance.
    中川(1995)の千歳方言辞典において、hawe ne は言葉による情報で判断されたことを示す文末詞と定義され、また自分の発言の意味を説明・確認する場合にも用いられる。
    form-function hokkaido/chitose generic hawe ne
    reports hirosawa2026
  4. The form "hawe ne" typically marks auditory/spoken information.
    hawe ne は音声情報を標示する典型的な用法をもつ。
    form-function hokkaido usually hawe ne
    asserts hirosawa2026
  5. Bunsai-hō states an event as mere hearsay.
    聞説法は単なる伝聞として述べるものである。
    form-function generic hawe-ne
    asserts kindaichi1936
  6. hawe-ne expresses hearsay / reportative assertion ('it is said that ...' / 'so they say').
    hawe-ne は聞説(「…んだとさ」「…のだといふ」)を表す。
    form-function hawe-ne
    asserts kindaichi1936
  7. hawe ne is an explanatory construction used in connection with the act of speaking or telling.
    hawe ne は「語る,話す」という行為に関して用いられる説明の形式である。
    form-function ainu generic hawe ne
    asserts sato2008

The sekor … hawe ne quotative frame 8 sentences· 1 examples

How does the reportative evidential combine with a quotative complementizer?

tap a=ye katu Piratur sekor a=ye haw-e ne
thus 4.A=say manner Biratori QUOT 4.A=say voice-POSS COP
‘The way one says it is 'Biratori' (so they call it).’
nakagawa2024:393 SAR Nakagawa ex. 778; underlying source Kawamura 1985: 30, Saru

hawe as: the indirect reportative 4 claims ·5 sentences· 1 examples

What is the indirect reportative form and how does it differ from the direct one?

  1. A general hearsay report can be encoded by the quotative sekor followed by the avalent verb haw-as 'voice-stand'.
    一般的な伝聞報告は、引用詞sekorの後に無価動詞haw-as「声が立つ」が続くことによって表される。
    form-function ainu generic sekorhaw-as
    asserts bugaeva2008
  2. haw(e)-ash expresses hearsay / reportative modality ('so I hear' / 'it is said that ...').
    haw(e)-ash は聞説(「…さうだ」)を表す。
    form-function hawe-ashhaw-ash
    asserts kindaichi1936
  3. The verb háwas is literally interpreted as haw 'voice' plus as 'stand', and is used as an impersonal expression meaning 'people say' or 'it is said', obscuring who is speaking.
    háwas は逐語的には haw「声」, as「立つ」と解釈され、「人が言う,そう言われる」のように、誰が言っているのかをぼかした言い方として用いられる。
    form-function hokkaido generic háwashawas
    asserts sato2008
  4. In the népenepo ... expression, the form háwas is used when the perception is based on audition.
    népenepo 〜 の表現において、聴覚に基づく場合には háwas という形式が用いられる。
    distribution hokkaido generic háwas
    asserts sato2008
Nispa-utar nisatta ekimne sekor haw-as pe ne kusu
rich.man-PL tomorrow go.to.mountains QUOT voice-stand NMLZ COP PURP
‘The men of standing would go to the mountains the next day (so it was rumored), and therefore …’
dalcorso2018:330 CHI Bugaeva collection (Ito Oda, Chitose 1998–2000); Dal Corso siglum BUG:377; Dal Corso ex. 272

Clause-final frames and illocution 4 claims ·6 sentences· 1 examples

What clause-final frames does the reportative evidential appear in?

  1. hawe is used in interrogative sentences.
    hawe は疑問文に用いられる。
    distribution hawe
    asserts kindaichi1936
  2. hawe-an (plural hawe-okai) expresses a question (or exclamation).
    hawe-an(複数形 hawe-okai)は疑問(あるいは感嘆)を表す。
    form-function hawe-anhawe-okai
    asserts kindaichi1936
  3. hawe an is used in questions asking about information obtained through words.
    hawe an は言葉によって得た情報についての質問の場合に使われる。
    form-function ainu generic hawe an
    asserts nakagawa2024
  4. The combination hawe ne functions as an assertive sentence-final form.
    hawe ne は文末の断定形式として機能する。
    form-function hokkaido/southwest/shizunai generic hawe ne
    asserts refsing1986
arpa haw-e ne
go.away voice-POSS COP
‘He went away (so I hear / so they say).’
constructed

Scope over TAM and the embedded clause 2 claims ·5 sentences· 1 examples

What is the scope of the reportative evidential over tense, aspect, and negation?

  1. Southern Hokkaido Ainu has a specialized reportive evidential construction formed by the grammaticalized function word hawe followed by the copula ne, in which the hawe-marked clause is embedded as the object argument of ne.
    北海道南部アイヌ語には文法化した機能語haweと繋辞neの結合によって形成される特殊な伝聞証拠構文が存在し、haweを伴う節がne節の目的語項として埋め込まれる。
    form-function hokkaido/southwest generic hawene
    asserts bugaeva2008
  2. Like "siri ne", "hawe ne" can also be used to express an action that has not yet begun (a future action).
    siri ne と同様に、hawe ne にもまだ開始されていない動作(未来の動作)を表す用法がある。
    form-function hokkaido exists hawe ne
    asserts hirosawa2026
e=hosipi haw-e ne kusu tane anakne a=eyayramkar pe ne na
2SG.S=return voice-POSS COP PURP now TOP 4.A=resign NMLZ COP FIN
‘Because you returned (so they/you said), I will now resign myself.’
ilcaa1976 SAR Kawakamimatsuko, uwepeker minwa 14 (second half), ILCAA Ainu materials, aa-irc/021#271

Double evidentiality and narrative register 1 claims ·7 sentences· 1 examples

How does the reportative evidential combine with other evidentials?

  1. Ainu haw-ne wa hawe, composed of haw 'voice', copula ne, conjunction wa 'and', and the reportative evidential hawe, means 'they say that the rumor is that...'.
    アイヌ語haw-ne wa haweは、haw「声」、コピュラne、接続詞wa、伝聞証拠性形式haweから成り、「…という噂だそうだ」を意味する。
    form-function ainu generic haw-ne wa hawehawnewahawe
    asserts vovin2022
ran haw-as ruw-e ne
descend voice-stand track-POSS COP
‘She came down (the voice said — and so the narrator presents as traditional knowledge).’
dalcorso2018:331 SAR Kayano (Kaizawa Tsurushino, Biratori); Dal Corso siglum KAY; Dal Corso ex. 273

Diachrony and dialect microvariation 4 claims ·8 sentences

How did the reportative evidential develop from a lexical noun?

  1. The reportative evidential marker hawe developed diachronically from expressions meaning 'there is a voice of...' or 'there is a rumor of...'.
    伝聞証拠性形式 hawe は、「…の声がある」「…の噂がある」といった意味から通時的に転じて成立した。
    diachrony ainu all hawehau
    proposes kindaichi1936reports hirosawa2026
  2. In some cases, the existential verb an may substitute for the copula ne in the hawe-based reportive evidential construction.
    haweに基づく伝聞証拠構文において、繋辞neの代わりに存在動詞anが代用されることがある。
    alternation hokkaido/southwest exists annehawe
    asserts bugaeva2008
  3. haw(e) originally means 'voice', but when used in sentence-final phrases, its meaning is primarily restricted to what has been confirmed through words (verbal communication).
    haw(e) は本来「声」を表すが、文末句で用いられた場合、意味はおもに「言葉によって確認したこと」に限定される。
    form-function ainu generic hawehaw
    asserts nakagawa2024
  4. In the Saru and Chitose dialects, hawe ne can be used when the speaker explains what they themselves have just said.
    沙流方言や千歳方言では、今自分の言ったことを説明する場合に hawe ne を用いることができる。
    form-function hokkaido/southwest/saruhokkaido/chitose generic hawe ne
    asserts nakagawa2024