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Evolution of free indirect speech structures in English, American, and Russian literature [PDF]

open access: diamondУченые 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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Cognitive features of indirect speech acts [PDF]

open access: hybridLanguage, Cognition and Neuroscience, 2022
The offer of some cake can be declined by saying “I am on a diet” – an indirect reply. Here, we asked whether certain well-established psychological and conceptual features are linked to the (in)directness of speech acts – an issue unexplored so far ...
Isabella P. Boux   +4 more
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What is Said and Indirect Speech Reports [PDF]

open access: diamond, 2012
In their Insensitive Semantics (2005) Cappelen and Lepore argue for the Controversial Aspect (CA) which is a part of their Speech Act Pluralism and which says that speakers don’t have privileged access to what they say.
Odrowąż-Sypniewska, Joanna
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A Pragmatics Study of Indirect Speech Acts in President Joko Widodo's State Address

open access: goldJournal of English language studies, 2018
Language is an inseparable part of our everyday lives. Language is the main tool used to transmit messages, to communicate ideas, thoughts, and opinions. Language is also said to be a vehicle of culture.
Nurul Fitriani, Tri Pujiati
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

On Multiple Metonymies Within Indirect Speech Acts [PDF]

open access: diamond, 2007
Indirect speech acts are frequently structured by more than a single metonymy. The metonymies are related not only to the illocutionary force of the utterances, but also function within the individual lexemes being their parts. An indirect speech act can
KOSECKI, KRZYSZTOF
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DIRECT AND INDIRECT ILLOCUTIONARY SPEECH ACTS ON DONALD TRUMP’S VICTORY SPEECH IN 2016

open access: hybridINFERENCE: Journal of English Language Teaching, 2021
This research analyzes direct and indirect illocutionary speech acts on Donald Trump’s 2016 victory speech. This research is a qualitative descriptive study.
Lanjar Mulyana, Engliana Engliana
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Free direct and free indirect speech in the novel 'De bello civili' by Svetislav Basara and their translation equivalents in English [PDF]

open access: yesBaština, 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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Comprehending non-canonical and indirect speech acts in German

open access: yesJournal of Linguistics, 2023
In this paper, we compare the comprehension of the speech act meaning of non-canonical speech acts (i.e., rhetorical questions and surprise-disapproval questions) with the comprehension of indirect speech acts (i.e., indirect requests).
Andreas Trotzke, Laura Reimer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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