evidentiality
The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to…The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed.
» I prefer a language in which TAME, tense, aspect, mood, and evidentiality, are all optional.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed.
Examples
2 sentencesI prefer a language in which TAME, tense, aspect, mood, and evidentiality, are all optional.
It is a question of taste whether TAME, tense, aspect, mood, and evidentiality, should be expressed by inflection or particles.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From evidential + -ity.From evidential + -ity.
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Forms
plural: evidentialities| Singular | evidentiality |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable