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INDIRECT DISCOURSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g.,
Example:
he said he is a fool
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("indirect discourse" is a kind of...):
account; report (the act of informing by verbal report)
Antonym:
direct discourse (a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g.,)