quotative
noun
High School
1
A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
2
A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
A 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.