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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.

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          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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                Examples for "reported speech"
                Examples for "reported speech"
                1
                I look forward to a pleasant evening, a widely reported speech, and-
                The Best British Short Stories of 1922
                2
                Trusting to them how imperfect must have been a reported speech!
                An Account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket, and His People, 17...
                3
                Lincoln's remarks on the resolution form his first reported speech.
                McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896
                4
                Most of his comments were given in reported speech.
                The Irish Times
                5
                One could see a readiness for dialogue, the paper cited Jones as saying in reported speech.
                Reuters
                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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                Translations for indirect speech