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Reported speech : forms and functions of the verb / edited by Theo A.J.M. Janssen, Wim van der Wurff.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 43.
- Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 43
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Indirect discourse.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (319 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., c1996.
- Summary:
- In sentences containing reported speech, thought, or perception, it is possible to distinguish different voices or views, associated with different discourse roles. They originate in two different clauses: one clause signals a reporting situation, and the other a reported situation.This volume examines the methods used for combining these two types of clauses in a range of languages. In each of the contributions, the focus is on the forms and functions of verbs; topics dealt with include the meaning of tense, mood, and aspect (and their interaction) in the various types of reported speec
- Contents:
- REPORTED SPEECH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of contributors; Abbreviations used in the glosses; Introductory remarks on reported speech and thought; I. SLAVIC LANGUAGES; Shifting points of orientation in Modern Russian: Tense selection in 'reported perception'; Reported speech in South Slavic; II. ROMANCE LANGUAGES; The verb in indirect speech in Old French: System in change; Modalpatterns of direct and indirect discourse in Peninsular Spanish: An analysis within the framework of speech act typology; Reported speech in Latin
- Tense in (free) indirect discourse in FrenchIII. GERMANIC LANGUAGES; Reported speech in Swedish; Modality of verb forms in German reported speech; Tense and temporal ordering in English and Dutch indirect speech; Tense in reported speech and its frame of reference; Sequence of tenses in English and Bengali; IV. CHINESE; Free indirect speech in Chinese; Index
- Notes:
- Based on papers presented at a conference held Dec. 16-17, 1993, Dept. of English, University of Leiden.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613222046
- 90-272-8267-6
- 1-283-22204-3
- OCLC:
- 743694164
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