单词 | reported speech |
释义 | > as lemmasreported speech reported speech n. the words of one speaker relayed by another, esp. in a subordinate clause which is (in English) governed by a reporting verb with the pronouns and tense adjusted to the viewpoint of the person reporting.More general usage of the term includes both direct and indirect speech, although a more restricted sense, equivalent only to indirect speech, is often intended. The grammatical and syntactic characteristics of reported speech are not the same in all languages. Cf. direct adj. 6b, indirect adj. 3b. Cf. also oratio obliqua n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > direct speech > [noun] > indirect speech oratio obliqua1842 reported speech1846 reportative1950 1846 T. H. Key Lat. Gram. 256 Reported speech or thoughts (obliqua oratio)... When the words or thoughts of another are reported and not in the first person, it is called the obliqua oratio, and all secondary clauses..are in the subjunctive mood. 1900 Classical Rev. 14 404/2 Compare the sudden change from direct to reported speech. 1987 TESOL Q. 21 307 Original utterance. George: Tomorrow we will drive out to California... Reported speech: direct quotation. George said: ‘Tomorrow we will drive out to California.’.. Reported speech: indirect (one week has elapsed). George said (that) the next day they would drive out to California. 2002 R. Baker & C. Moorcroft Gram. First II. xxii. 46/1 Identify the features of reported speech: no speech marks; the past tense replaces the present; and the pronouns change because the narrator is a third person. < as lemmas |
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