quotative
- adjective
- /ˈkwɒtətɪv/
- Specialized
- The linguist explained that a quotative phrase can help clarify the source of a statement in written texts.
- quotative suffix
Examples
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The use of a quotative device (either a particle or suffix) as a line or narrative organizing device is comparable to many Native American literatures.
Academic text (1999) -
Hymes has noted that the second way was the primary way Hoijer dealt with Tonkawa quotative suffixes.
Academic text (1999) -
According to Hymes, John Rush Buffalo uses an interplay between initial particles and the quotative suffix (narrative enclitic) throughout his narrative.
Academic text (1999) -
Thus, in John Rush Buffalo's Tonkawa Coyote narrative, can be found both the quotative suffix and initial particles as rhetorical devices that create a coherent poetic text.
Academic text (1999) -
In her story, she used a quotative to introduce what the character said, making it clear who was speaking.
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Using a quotative can enhance dialogue in narratives by indicating when someone is speaking directly.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quotative is an adjective built from the verb quote, which means 'to repeat someone's words', plus the ending -ive that makes a describing word. So quotative describes something that shows a speaker is reporting or quoting what someone else said.
