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Meanings of indirect speech in English

Russian
косвенная речь
Portuguese
discurso indireto
Catalan
estil indirecte
Spanish
discurso indirecto

Speech expressing things other people have said without quoting.

Related terms
косвенная речь

A linguistic technique to reproduce an utterance by putting it in a subordinate clause and modifying certain grammatical categories such as person, tense or mood.

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Usage of indirect speech in English
1
Repression and debunking candour are comically mixed in such free indirect speech.
The Guardian
2
The stories are largely related in indirect speech so the narrator's voice is dominant.
The Irish Times
3
No first-person or free- indirect speech here.
The Guardian
4
At other times, the narrative itself takes on its protagonist's habits of thinking, a technique usually known as free indirect speech.
The Guardian
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