Abstract
Mirativity is generally portrayed as a report of information that is surprising to the speaker. In this study I argue for a broader characterization of mirativity which accounts for the grammatical expression of surprise on the part of discourse participants, whether speaker, addressee, or narrative participant. Surprise value is communicated in South Conchucos Quechua via three pairs of grammatical markers: two evidential enclitics, two tense markers, and two aspect suffixes. In light of data primarily from this language, I propose interactional categories involving surprise based on a set of parameters that specify its experiential center: essentially, who is surprised, when they are surprised, and how the surprise is realized. This interactional approach to the study of surprise expressions may be applied to other languages, contributing to a framework for cross-linguistic comparison and hopefully refining the analysis presented here.
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