Definition
A quotative evidential is an evidential that signals that someone else is the source of the statement made.
Examples
(Shipibo)
cai-ronqui reocoocainyantanque
going_QUOTATIVE he_turned_over
‘Reportedly, while he was going (in his boat), he turned over.’
Sources 4
- Chung and Timberlake 1985, 244
- Nida 1949, 169
- Palmer 1986, 7, 71
- Dahl 1985, 150–151