Evidentiality

//ˌɛ.vɪˌdɛn.ʃiˈælɪti// noun

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

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"I prefer a language in which TAME, tense, aspect, mood, and evidentiality, are all optional."

Etymology

From evidential + -ity.

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