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reportative en · ADJ

Etymology

From report + -ative.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to such a construct.

Relateds

reportativity · reportatively

reportative en · NOUN

Etymology

From report + -ative.

Meanings

1. 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:

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