{"product_id":"evidentiality-in-sadis-poetry-and-prose-9781032443621","title":"Evidentiality in Sadis Poetry and Prose","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study is the first to introduce evidentiality to the stylistic analysis of literary works, specifically that of the great Persian writer Sa''di, focusing on how he used linguistic means to illustrate a real or ideational world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors begin by introducing the concept of evidentiality; its definition, its coding in Persian, the rationale behind evidentiality analysis, and semantic-pragmatic functions of evidentiality. The book highlights how evidentiality can be accounted for as a stylistic device to reveal the validity of a narration, as well as the author's commitment and contribution to it. Three of Sa''di's major works are analyzed  \u003ci\u003eBustan, Golestan \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSonnets\u003c\/i\u003e  using Krippendoff''s frequency approach. It is argued that Sa''di deployed an array of evidentials in his work, from direct visual evidentials in \u003ci\u003eGolestan \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSonnets \u003c\/i\u003eto heard and quoted evidentials in \u003ci\u003eBustan. \u003c\/i\u003eTo illustrate this, the book includes translations of Sa''di's\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019059003735,"sku":"9781032443621","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032443621.jpg?v=1750779172","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/evidentiality-in-sadis-poetry-and-prose-9781032443621","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}