| 释义 |
▪ I. quotative, a.|ˈkwəʊtətɪv|
[See quote v. and -ative.]
1. Relating to quoting; inclined to quote.
1812Sporting Mag. XL. 25 What do you think of my quotative powers. 1891Sat. Rev. 12 Sept. 304/1 Mr. Liddell, though still quotative, is straightforward.
2. Of a construction or expression: indicating that the speaker is quoting a word, phrase, etc., attributed to another person.
1927L. Bloomfield in Amer. Speech II. 438/2 Whatever is hearsay and not the speaker's own experience has the predicate verb or particle in a special quotative form. 1957D. L. Bolinger in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxviii. 26 A reflex..may be re-worded to make it less quotative. 1975Language LI. 804 Normally a sentence containing the quotative clitic translates with ‘one says’.
▪ II. quotative, n.|ˈkwəʊtətɪv|
[f. the adj.]
A quotative word or expression (see prec.).
1902Amer. Anthropol. IV. 401 The quotative wAnsū′ga, ‘they say’, is used extensively in the Skidegate dialect. 1957D. L. Bolinger in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxviii. 95 With other verbs, notably the outright quotatives that connote the adoption or assertion of a view..concord gives a different meaning. 1965Language XLI. 68 A few further elements— pseudo-constitutes.., multiple constitutes.., and quotatives. 1975Ibid. LI. 804 The first example is provided by quotatives in Luiseño. |