indirect discourse


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in′direct speech′


n.
the reporting of what a speaker said consisting not of the speaker's exact words but of a version transformed for grammatical inclusion in a larger sentence, as in She said she wasn't going. Compare direct speech.
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Noun1.indirect discourse - a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., "he said `I am a fool' would be modified to `he said he is a fool'")
report, account - the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"
direct discourse, direct quotation - a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'")
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indirect discourse

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n (Gram) → indirekte Rede
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