quotative

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
    — Whereas most quotatives introduce either inner monologue or direct speech, the new quotative be like can introduce both kinds of reported speech, thus allowing the speaker to express an attitude, reaction, or thought, as well as something actually said.
  2. A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
形容词 adj.
  1. Serving to mark quoted speech. not-comparable

词形变化

quotatives plural

词源

词源 1
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 *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English -ative
English quotative
From quote + -ative.
词源 2
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 *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English -ative
English quotative
From quote + -ative.
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