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quotativeness

quotativeness noun: quality of being quotative.

Noun

quotativeness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being quotative.
    • Third, while there are a lot more verbs of saying that^([sic]) there are of asking, the same relationship between quotativeness and embedding obtains with that as obtained with if: […]1978, Dwight Bolinger, “Yes—No Questions Are Not Alternative Questions”, in Henry Hiż, editor, Questions (Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy; volume 1), →DOI, →ISBN, page 94

Origin of quotativeness

From quotative + -ness.

Questions about quotativeness

What does quotativeness mean?
Quotativeness means quality of being quotative.
What part of speech is quotativeness?
Quotativeness is a noun.

Words near quotativeness in the dictionary

  1. quotationless
  2. quotations
  3. quotatious
  4. quotative
  5. quotatively
  6. quotativeness
  7. quotatives
  8. quotativity
  9. quote
  10. quote end quote
  11. quote mark

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