"quotative" meaning in English

See quotative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} quotative (not comparable)
  1. (grammar) Serving to mark quoted speech. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Derived forms: quotatively, quotativeness Translations (Translations): citativo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-quotative-en-adj-pOQvX7lW Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

Forms: quotatives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quotative (plural quotatives)
  1. (grammar) A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'". Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-quotative-en-noun-UO7aLHPN Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics) A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-quotative-en-noun-am---iTR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 31 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 19 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 23 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 19 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 16 71 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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