evidentiality - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

Some dialects of Quechua unusually use this property to express perspective. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this property that Alexandra Aikhenvald describes as “source of information.” This property can be suggested through reportative and inferential markers.

ANSWER: evidentiality

[10e] “Tag” versions of these sentences can be used to show uncertainty about the information conveyed. Wh-movement (“W-H-movement”) changes the word order of these sentences, which are most often used as a request for information.

ANSWER: questions [accept equivalents like sentences phrased as questions; accept interrogative sentences or interrogative clauses; accept tag questions]

[10m] These propositions are considered to be already accepted by both speech participants in loaded questions. These propositions, which are distinguished from entailment, contain information that is taken for granted.

ANSWER: presuppositions

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Canada	Main Site	Y	12	10.83	100%	8%	0%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	12.50	100%	13%	13%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	8	10.00	100%	0%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	15.00	100%	13%	38%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%

Data


Berkeley C	Berkeley B	0	10	0	10
Stanford B	Berkeley A	0	10	0	10
Stanford A	Berkeley D	0	10	10	20
UC Irvine	UCSD C	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UCLA A	0	10	0	10
Arizona State	UCSD A	0	10	0	10
UCSD B	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	0	10
Simon Fraser	Brock	0	10	0	10
Guelph	UBC B	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Carleton University	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	McGill B	0	10	0	10
McMaster A	Ottawa	0	10	0	10
Waterloo A	Toronto B	0	10	0	10
Waterloo B	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Toronto F	Western B	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
Queen's	UBC A	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Western A	0	10	0	10
Western C	Toronto C	0	10	0	10
Central Florida A	Central Florida B	0	10	0	10
Central Florida C	Florida A	0	10	0	10
Florida C	Florida B	10	10	0	20
Michigan C	CWRU A	0	10	0	10
Michigan State	CWRU B	0	10	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Pittsburgh	Michigan B	0	10	0	10
Northwestern B	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Indiana C	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Chicago C	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Purdue B	Chicago E	0	10	10	20
Illinois B	Notre Dame B	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Indiana B	10	10	0	20
Illinois A	Northwestern D	0	10	0	10
Carleton College	Washington A	0	10	0	10
Washington B	Claremont	10	10	0	20
Minnesota A	Iowa State	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Missouri B	0	10	0	10
Murray State A	Texas A&M A	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Texas A	0	10	0	10
Alabama B	WashU B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Bruin	0	10	0	10
Louisville B	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Louisville A	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Mississipi State	Sewanee	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
WashU A	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Bristol	10	10	10	30
Southampton B	Cambridge C	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh A	Imperial A	0	10	10	20
Montpellier	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	LSE	0	10	10	20
Warwick B	Imperial C	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Manchester	10	10	0	20
Oxford B	Oxford C	10	10	0	20
UCL	Southampton A	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
Cardiff	City St. George's	0	10	0	10
Georgetown	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	NYU C	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	Swarthmore	10	10	0	20
Maryland B	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Vassar	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	Rutgers A	10	10	0	20
Catholic	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
Rochester	Binghamton A	0	10	10	20
Binghamton B	Cornell C	0	10	0	10
Penn State	Cornell B	0	10	0	10
Cornell A	RIT	10	10	10	30
Birmingham	Durham	0	10	0	10