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Reported Speech
Forms and functions of the verb
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 speech, the speech act status of reported utterances, correlations between reporting verbs and verbs in reported clauses (and the conjunctions introducing them), and possible intra-systemic and cross-linguistic correlations of these properties.
The articles concentrate on the Slavic languages Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, and Slovene, the Romance languages Latin, Old and Modern French, and Spanish, the Germanic languages Swedish, German, Dutch, and English, the Indo-Iranian language Bengali, and Mandarin Chinese.
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 speech, the speech act status of reported utterances, correlations between reporting verbs and verbs in reported clauses (and the conjunctions introducing them), and possible intra-systemic and cross-linguistic correlations of these properties.
The articles concentrate on the Slavic languages Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, and Slovene, the Romance languages Latin, Old and Modern French, and Spanish, the Germanic languages Swedish, German, Dutch, and English, the Indo-Iranian language Bengali, and Mandarin Chinese.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 43] 1996. x, 312 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 26 July 2011
Published online on 26 July 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- List of contributors | pp. vii–7
- Abbreviations used in the glosses | pp. viii–x
- Introductory remarks on reported speech and thoughtTheo Janssen and Wim van der Wurff | p. 1
- 1. Slavic languages
- Shifting points of orientation in Modern Russian: Tense selection in ‘reported perception’Adriaan Barentsen | p. 15
- Reported speech in South SlavicJadranka Gvozdanović | p. 57
- 2. Romance languages
- The verb in indirect speech in Old French: System in changeBrigitte L.M. Bauer | p. 75
- Modal patterns of direct and indirect discourse in Peninsular Spanish: An analysis within the framework of speech act typologyHenk Haverkate | p. 97
- Reported speech in LatinA. Machtelt Bolkestein | p. 121
- Tense in (free) indirect discourse in FrenchRita Landeweerd and Co Vet | p. 141
- 3. Germanic languages
- Reported speech in SwedishHarry Perridon | p. 165
- Modality of verb forms in German reported speechAbraham P. ten Cate | p. 189
- Tense and temporal ordering in English and Dutch indirect speechRonny Boogaart | p. 213
- Tense in reported speech and its frame of referenceTheo Janssen | p. 237
- Sequence of tenses in English and BengaliWim van der Wurff | p. 261
- 4. Chinese
- Free indirect speech in ChineseElly Hagenaar | p. 289
- Index | pp. 299–312
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