1. Michael (2020) has argued that one important social function of grammaticalized evidentials in Nanti is for the speaker to reduce responsibility for (negative) events and avoid blame. How well do you think he has made his case? In other words, do you agree with his claim? Please write 1 paragraph

2. Do you think having certain grammatical elements in one's language can influence the way people think and behave? For example, if Nanti drops grammaticalized evidentials, would Nantis become less/more concerned about event responsibility? Or, if English stops marking plurality on nouns or if English starts to use different verb forms to mark different types of evidential information or honorifics, would this change how English speakers think and behave? How? Why or why not? 2 paragraph.