reported speech
51To be reported of — Report Re*port (r? p?rt ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reported}; p. pr. & vb. n. Reporting.] [F. reporter to carry back, carry (cf. rapporter; see {Rapport}), L. reportare to bear or bring back; pref. re re + portare to bear or bring. See {Port}… …
52Free indirect speech — is a style of third person narration which uses some of the characteristics of third person along with the essence of first person direct speech. (It is also referred to as free indirect discourse, free indirect style, or discours indirect libre… …
53Describing speech — is explaining how something is said. e.g. Bob shouted Ahhh! Describing speech is a dramatic device in stories or other descriptive text and the use of different words is used to add variation to dialogue and help the reader imagine the speech.… …
54Freedom of speech versus blasphemy — Tension often exists between political freedom, particularly freedom of speech, and certain examples of art, literature, speech or other acts considered by some to be sacrilegious or blasphemous. The extent to which this tension has not been… …
55Direct speech — Direct or quoted speech is a sentence (or several sentences) that reports speech or thought in its original form, as phrased by the first speaker.[1] It is usually enclosed in quotation marks. The cited speaker is either mentioned in the inquit… …
56direct speech — N UNCOUNT In grammar, direct speech is speech which is reported by using the exact words that the speaker used. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, usually use direct discourse) …
57Code word (figure of speech) — For other uses, see code word (disambiguation). A code word is a word or a phrase designed to convey a predetermined meaning to a receptive audience, while remaining inconspicuous to the uninitiated. Contents 1 Medical 2 Commercial 3 Fiction …
58Tsez language — Tsez цезяс мец / cezyas mec Pronunciation [t͡sɛzˈjas mɛt͡s] Spoken in Russia Region Southern Dagestan …
59Broca's area — Brain: Broca s area Approximate location of Broca s area highlighted in gray …
60Quotative — A quotative is grammatical device to mark reported speech in some languages. It can be equated with spoken quotation marks . In the English sentence(1) John said Wow ,there is no word indicating that we are dealing with reported speech. This is… …
