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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The use of direct and indirect speech across psychological distance [PDF]
Memory and Cognition, 2022 The current study investigated how psychological distance affects people’s preference for direct and indirect speech in a narrative task. In three experiments, participants were instructed to first watch a video and then retell what happened in the video
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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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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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The logic of indirect speech [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008 When people speak, they often insinuate their intent indirectly rather than stating it as a bald proposition. Examples include sexual come-ons, veiled threats, polite requests, and concealed bribes. We propose a three-part theory of indirect speech, based on the idea that human communication involves a mixture of cooperation and conflict.
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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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Quote extraction from Estonian media: Analysis and tools
Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat, 2021 This paper describes the identification, adaptation and creation of tools that are needed for creating a quote extractor for Estonian media texts that would be able to properly extract both direct and indirect quotes and attribute them to the correct ...
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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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