The semantics of free indirect discourse : : how texts allow us to mind-read and eavesdrop / / by Regine Eckardt.
Free indirect discourse presents us with the inner world of protagonists of a story. We seem to see the world through their eyes, and listen to their inner thoughts. The present study analyses the logic of free indirect discourse and offers a framework to represent multiple ways in which words betra...
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| Superior document: | Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface, Volume 31 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : BRILL,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ;
Volume 31. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Introduction
- The Contexts of Free Indirect Discourse
- Story Update
- Tense and Aspect
- Particles in Free Indirect Discourse
- Exclamatives
- Predecessors and Alternatives
- More Tenses, More Moods
- Forbidden in Shifted Speech
- Final Panorama
- A Summary of Formal Proposals
- References
- Index.