quotative

Noun

 * 1)  A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as  in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
 * 2)  A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.

Adjective

 * 1)  Serving to mark quoted speech.

Derived terms

 * quotatively
 * quotativeness