Polyphonic monologues: Quoted direct speech in oral narratives

Macaulay, Ronald K.S.

doi:10.1075/iprapip.1.2.01mac

Article published In: IPrA Papers in Pragmatics
Vol. 1:2 (1987) ► pp.1–34

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Polyphonic monologues

Quoted direct speech in oral narratives

Ronald K.S. Macaulay

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Published online: 1 January 1987

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