reportative
adjEtymology From report + -ative.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of or relating to such a construct.
- Related terms
- reportatively, reportativity
reportative
nounEtymology From report + -ative.
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A grammatical construct used in some languages when reporting something learned from somebody else.
- The child's progress in the modification stage can be characterized as an advancement from the use of performatives to the use of reportatives.1976, Barbara S. Wood, Children and Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal Language Development: