reportative
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editreportative (plural reportatives)
- A grammatical construct used in some languages when reporting something learned from somebody else.
- 1976, Barbara S. Wood, Children and Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal Language Development:
- The child's progress in the modification stage can be characterized as an advancement from the use of performatives to the use of reportatives.
Adjective
editreportative (not comparable)
- (grammar) Of or relating to such a construct.