Re: Mood name?

Quoting Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>:

> Andreas Johansson wrote:
> > I sent a message about this some 30h ago, and have yet not seen either
> my
> > original message nor any responses, so I assume it got lost in the
> warp.
> >
> > Anyway, I was looking for suggestions for a latinesque name for a
> mood
> > indicating that the speaker is merely relaying information without
> making any
> > claim as to its being true or not. It would typically be used in
> indirect
> > speech. I seem to recall that Quechua has an infection indicating
> this. Any
> > suggestions?
>
> "Quotative" is a possibility, but the term can also used for other
> things, so it's not necessarily clear.
We'll, were you actually quoting someone, you'd use their exact words. So I
don't think it's a good idea.

                                                                 Andreas

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