What is a sensory evidential?

Definition
	A sensory evidential is an evidential signaling that the speaker’s evidence for the truth of his or her statement is derived from the speaker’s own sensory experience.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of sensory evidentials:
	What is a nonvisual evidential? What is a visual evidential?

Generic
	A sensory evidential is a kind of
	What is evidentiality?

Source
	Palmer 1986 74–75

Context for this page:

Concept module: sensory evidential
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): S
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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