"evidentiality" meaning in English

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        "The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed."
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          "source",
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          "information",
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          "hearsay",
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        "(linguistics) The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "encoding",
          "word": "言據性"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yánjùxìng",
          "sense": "encoding",
          "word": "言据性"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "encoding",
          "word": "傳信"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chuánxìn",
          "sense": "encoding",
          "word": "传信"
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          "sense": "encoding",
          "word": "evidentiaalisuus"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "encoding",
          "word": "evidencialidade"
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      "roman": "yánjùxìng",
      "sense": "encoding",
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      "sense": "encoding",
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