quotative
quotative · quotatives
A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are…A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
Meaning
2 sensesA grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
Forms
plural: quotatives| Singular | quotative |
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regular