| NOUN | communication | direct quotation, direct discourse | a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said 'I am a fool'") |
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| Meaning | A report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said 'I am a fool'"). | |
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| Synonym | direct discourse | |
| Broader | report, account | The act of informing by verbal / verbal / verbal report |
| Opposite | indirect discourse | A report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., "he said 'I am a fool' would be modified to 'he said he is a fool'") |
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