Used chiefly in linguistics to denote a declarative sentence or statement.
Translations
In the corpus study, assertives outnumbered interrogatives by a wide margin.
Dans l’étude de corpus, les assertives étaient beaucoup plus nombreuses que les interrogatives.
Definitions
(Linguistics) A declarative sentence or clause that expresses an assertion. In the corpus study, assertives outnumbered interrogatives by a wide margin.