quotative English

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What does quotative mean?

quotative noun

— (grammar) A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".

— (linguistics) A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.

quotative adjective

— (grammar) Serving to mark quoted speech.

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quotative particle

thus