HyperDic: indirect_discourse

English > 1 sense of the expression indirect discourse:
NOUNcommunicationindirect discoursea 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'")
English > indirect discourse: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA 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'").
Broaderreport, accountThe act of informing by verbal / verbal / verbal report
Oppositedirect discourse, direct quotationA report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said 'I am a fool'")

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