quotative

a. 引用的, 喜欢引用的, 引证的

词形变化

quotatives 复数 quotatives

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".

    语言学
  2. 2.

    A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.

    语言学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Serving to mark quoted speech.

    语言学

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English quotative From quote + -ative.

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