Quotative

/ˈkwoʊtətɪv/

उद्धरण/कथन-चिह्न (क्वोटेटिव); उद्धृत वाक्य/प्रत्यक्ष कथन को चिह्नित करने वाला व्याकरणिक साधन

Origin & History

From quote + -ative, formed in linguistic/grammatical description to mean “relating to quotation/quoted speech.”

quote + -ative से बना; भाषावैज्ञानिक/व्याकरणिक वर्णन में “उद्धरण/उद्धृत कथन से संबंधित” अर्थ में गढ़ा गया।

Definition

In grammar and linguistics, a quotative is a word or construction that marks reported or quoted speech (e.g., English informal be like in “He was like, ‘Who are you?’”); in some West African and South Asian languages, a quotative can also be a “say”-based complementizer introducing a clause.

व्याकरण और भाषाविज्ञान में quotative वह शब्द/रचना है जो रिपोर्ट किए गए या उद्धृत कथन को सूचित करती है (जैसे अंग्रेज़ी बोलचाल का be like: “He was like, ‘Who are you?’”); पश्चिम अफ्रीका और दक्षिण एशिया की कुछ भाषाओं में यह “कहना” क्रिया से विकसित complementizer के रूप में भी मिलता है जो उपवाक्य/वाक्यांश का परिचय कराता है।

Parts of Speech

Noun:
In sociolinguistics, “be like” is often analyzed as a quotative.
Noun:
Some languages use a “say”-type quotative before the quoted clause.
Adjective:
The study focused on quotative markers in everyday conversation.

Usage Examples

He was like, “I’m not going,” which is a common quotative pattern in informal English.
The researcher compared different quotatives used by teenagers.
A quotative can introduce direct speech without using the verb “say.”

Synonyms

Quotative marker Quotation marker Speech introducer

Antonyms

Non-quotative

Related Forms

Noun
Quotation / Quote / Quotative (noun)
Verb
Adjective

Idioms & Phrases

Quotative be like
‘be like’ को quotative के रूप में प्रयोग करना
Use a quotative
quotative का प्रयोग करना