Everything about Verbum Dicendi totally explained
A
verbum dicendi (
Latin for
declaratory word, which is also used) is a
word that expresses speech, introduces a
quotation, or marks a transition to speech which may be considered non-standard. In the field of linguistics, a verbum dicendi is also known as a
quotative. Typically it's a
verb, for example "say", "avow", "claim", etc. In some languages it may take the form of a
copulative
particle, as in the
colloquial English
He was like "Turn down the music!", and I'm all "No way!".
A verbum dicendi may theoretically take any form, provided that it introduces a quote or
paraphrase. In some forms of informal
English, it may even take the form of an action verb like "go", as in a sentence like
So John goes "This sandwich is too big!"
In languages making use of
ideophones, a verbum dicendi is often used to introduce the ideophone in narrative contexts. For example, in the following
Ewe sentence,
bé functions as a verbum dicendi:
- É-ƒú así nu bé bóbóbó (3SG-strike hand mouth like IDEOPHONE) ‘s/he raised an alarm and went “bóbóbó”.’
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