evidentiality
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˌɛ.vɪˌdɛn.ʃiˈælɪti/
Noun

evidentiality (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed.



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