Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Quoting; of the nature of quotation; noting quotation.
Wiktionary
- n. linguistics form of complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
Examples
“By the use of quotative allusion the lyric attempts to borrow some of the emotive spark of cumming's poem, providing a kind of "link button" into a different but complementary space.”
“This quotative is particularly useful because it does not require the quote to be of actual speech (as 'she said' would, for instance).”
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Panvocalics
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it's rhetorical
words for talking about talk (or writing)
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rolig verbum dicendi:
A verbum dicendi (Latin for declaratory word, which is also used) is a word that expresses speech, introduces a quotation, or marks a transition to speech which may be considered non-standard.
In the field of linguistics, a verbum dicendi is also known as a quotative. Typically it is a verb, e.g. "say", "avow", "claim", etc. In some languages it may take the form of a copulative particle, as in the colloquial English He was like "Turn down the music!", and I'm all "No way!".
(from Wikipedia) Jun 5, 2008