Reported Speech. Forms and Functions of the Verb. (Based on papers presented at a conference held Dec. 16-17, 1993, Dept. of English, University of Leiden)

Janssen, Theo A.J.M., Wim van der Wurff (ed.):

ISBN 10: 9027250561 / ISBN 13: 9789027250568

Published by Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins, 1996

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• Title: Reported Speech. Forms and Functions of the Verb. (Based on papers presented at a conference held Dec. 16-17, 1993, Dept. of English, University of Leiden)
• Publisher: Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins
• Publication Date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 9027250561
• ISBN 13: 9789027250568
• Binding: Hardcover
• Weight: 600 grams

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Synopsis

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.