What is a nonvisual evidential?

Definition
	A nonvisual evidential is a sensory evidential that signals that the speaker's evidence for the truth of his or her statement is derived from a sense other than sight.

Kind
	Here is a kind of nonvisual evidential:
	What is an auditory evidential?

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

Source
	Palmer 1986 74

Context for this page:

Concept module: nonvisual evidential
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): N
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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