indirect speech

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indirect speech esp US, indirect discourse

(Linguistics / Grammar) the reporting of something said or written by conveying what was meant rather than repeating the exact words, as in the sentence He asked me whether I would go as opposed to He asked me, ``Will you go?'' Also called reported speech

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indirect speech

n (Gram) → indirekte Rede

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