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Indirect Discourse

nounid 76820·updated May 18, 2026
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a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., 'he said `I am a fool' would be modified to `he said he is a fool'')

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Variants

plural
Indirect Discourses
possessive
Indirect Discourse's
pluralpossessive
Indirect Discourses'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., 'he said `I am a fool' would be modified to `he said he is a fool'')
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., 'he said `I am a fool' would be modified to `he said he is a fool'')
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