Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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direct discourse | Yes | No | No | No |
indirect discourse | Yes | No | No | No |
direct discourse (noun) | indirect discourse (noun) |
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a report of the exact words used in a 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") |