The influence of direct and indirect speech on mental representations. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Language can be viewed as a set of cues that modulate the comprehender's thought processes. It is a very subtle instrument. For example, the literature suggests that people perceive direct speech (e.g., Joanne said: 'I went out for dinner last night') as
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Mental Simulations of Phonological Representations Are Causally Linked to Silent Reading of Direct Versus Indirect Speech [PDF]
Journal of Cognition, 2021 Embodied theories propose that language is understood via mental simulations of sensory states related to perception and action. Given that direct speech (e.g., 'She says, “It’s a lovely day!”') is perceived to be more vivid than indirect speech (e.g ...
Bo Yao
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The Influence of Direct and Indirect Speech on Source Memory [PDF]
Collabra: Psychology, 2018 People perceive the same situation described in direct speech (e.g., John said, “I like the food at this restaurant”) as more vivid and perceptually engaging than described in indirect speech (e.g., John said that he likes the food at the restaurant). So,
Anita Eerland, Rolf A. Zwaan
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O discurso indireto no alemão: um estudo quantitativo do uso dos modos [PDF]
Pandaemonium Germanicum: Revista de Estudos Germanísticos, 2009 This paper presents a quantitative study of the use of the Konjunktiv and Indikativ moods in German indirect speech. By analyzing a corpus of 400 news articles of online publications, it describes the factors that influence the choice of indirect speech ...
Andressa Costa
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Free direct and free indirect speech in the novel 'De bello civili' by Svetislav Basara and their translation equivalents in English [PDF]
Baština, 2022 Most of the research studies on the translation equivalents of the direct and indirect speech were dealing with translations from English to Serbian language. In this paper, we investigate whether structural and/or stylistic movements occur when the free
Rajović Jelena D., Vešović Marija D.
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Evolution of free indirect speech structures in English, American, and Russian literature
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2021 Changes that free indirect speech underwent in English, American, and Russian literature during the 20th century were investigated. Both general and more specific (qualitative and quantitative) trends in the free indirect speech development were ...
A.D. Alimova
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Lexical and grammatical aspects of direct and indirect speech in Turkish news language
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2020 The lexical and grammatical aspects of direct and indirect speech in the Turkish news language were considered based on the materials from trustworthy Turkish online media, from which more than a hundred sentences containing direct and/or indirect speech
O.A. Alekseeva
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Speech Act Analysis of Madurese Wedding Ceremony in Kalidandan Village, Pakuniran, Probolinggo
Journal of Pragmatics Research, 2020 Pragmatics is the study of those relations between language and context that are grammaticalized, or encoded in the structure of language. This study aims to describe kinds of speech acts especially locutionary act, illocutionary act, and the ...
Anwari Anwari
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Basic Strategies for Indirect Reduced Apology in English
Научный диалог, 2020 Attention is paid to the methods of implementing direct and indirect speech acts of apology. It is shown that the use of an indirect speech act of apology along with a direct speech act of apology is typical of the English language.
E. B. Skvortsova, A. I. Bochkarev
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Silent reading of direct versus indirect speech activates voice-selective areas in the auditory cortex [PDF]
, 2011 In human communication, direct speech (e.g., Mary said: “I'm hungry”) is perceived to be more vivid than indirect speech (e.g., Mary said [that] she was hungry). However, for silent reading, the representational consequences of this distinction are still
Belin, P., Scheepers, C., Yao, B.
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