Comparative Concept: indirect report (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
indirect report (str)
| Typ | strategy (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | indirect report |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | indirect report (str) |
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Definition
a strategy for the complement of an utterance event in which only the content of an utterance is expressed. Example: in Sandy said that she was buying the house, only the content of Sandy's utterance is reported (contrast with the direct report strategy in Sandy said, 'I'm buying the house'). (Section 18.2.2)