"evidentiality" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛ.vɪˌdɛn.ʃiˈælɪti/ Forms: evidentialities [plural]
Etymology: From evidential + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|evidential|ity}} evidential + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} evidentiality (countable and uncountable, plural evidentialities)
  1. (linguistics) The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (encoding): евиденциалност (evidencialnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 言據性 /言据性 (yánjùxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 傳信 /传信 (chuánxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), bewijskracht [feminine] (Dutch), evidentiaalisuus (Finnish), evidencialidade (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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