evidentiality

noun

evidentiality

noun

/ˌɛ.vɪˌdɛn.ʃiˈælɪti/

Etymology From evidential + -ity.

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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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