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INDIRECT DISCOURSE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does indirect discourse mean?

• INDIRECT DISCOURSE (noun)
The noun INDIRECT DISCOURSE has 1 sense:

1. a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g.,

Familiarity information: INDIRECT DISCOURSE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INDIRECT DISCOURSE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g.,

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he said 'I am a fool' would be modified to 'he said he is a fool'

Hypernyms ("indirect discourse" is a kind of...):

account; report (the act of informing by verbal report)

Antonym:

direct discourse (a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g.,)

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