What does nonquotative mean?
Nonquotative means Not quotative..
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Not quotative..
A further wrinkle in the traditional analysis of quotative clause as direct object is that the verbs used to introduce quotation are not always transitive. Think, hear, laugh, scream, yell, whisper and the like are either variably transitive or indisputably intransitive in their nonquotative uses, whereas others such as be and feel are clearly predicative […]
It is also questionable whether phrases in compounds are always truly quotations, and whether they are always fully encapsulated. Pafel (2015) distinguishes quotative phrasal compounds from nonquotative ones, with the latter including examples like a slept-all-day look.
Use nonquotative when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nonquotative means Not quotative..
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A further wrinkle in the traditional analysis of quotative clause as direct object is that the verbs used to introduce quotation are not always transitive. Think, hear, laugh, scream, yell, whisper and the like are either variably transitive or indisputably intransitive in their nonquotative uses, whereas others such as be and feel are clearly predicative […]
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