evidentiality

English

Etymology

From evidential +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.vɪˌdɛn.ʃiˈælɪti/

Noun

evidentiality (countable and uncountable, plural evidentialities)

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

Translations

encoding

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 言據性 / 言据性 (yánjùxìng), 傳信 / 传信 (zh) (chuánxìn)

• Dutch: bewijskracht (nl) f
• Finnish: evidentiaalisuus
• Portuguese: evidencialidade