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

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quotative

Source Word

quotative

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

Japanese Meaning

引用文法: 話し言葉などの引用部分を示すために用いられる文法的手法。たとえば、口語表現の「be like」により引用的な用法が示されるような用例を指します。

Linguists often analyze 'be like' as a quotative used to introduce reported speech.

言語学者はしばしば「be like」を、引用された発話を導入するための引用表現（引用を示す文法的手段）として分析する。

Sense（1）

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

Sense（2）

quotatives

（ plural ）