I prefer a language in which TAME, tense, aspect, mood, and evidentiality, are all optional.
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Evidentiality
/ˌɛ.vɪˌdɛn.ʃiˈælɪti/
Synonyms for "evidentiality" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
evidence signalingevidential category
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
evidential markingevidential researchevidential studies
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
information source markerlinguistic evidence studysource markingsource marking in writing
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2 entriesgrammatical categorylinguistic feature
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3 entriesinferential evidentialquotative evidentialvisual evidential
Collocations
5 entriesevidential markerinferential evidentiallinguistic evidentialityquotative evidentialvisual evidential
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2 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
It is a question of taste whether TAME, tense, aspect, mood, and evidentiality, should be expressed by inflection or particles.
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