indirect speech

English - Turkish

Definition of indirect speech in English Turkish dictionary: (Dilbilim) dolaylı aktarım; dolaylı anlatma; dolaylı anlatım; dolaylı söz
indirect speech act: (Dilbilim) dolaylı sözeylem
indirect speech questions: (Dilbilim) dolaylı anlatım soruları
reported speech: dolaylı anlatım

English - English

Definition of indirect speech in English English dictionary: reported speech; {i} speech that is not straight to the point, speech that is not forthright; words of another person reported to someone else but not using the exact words; Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, `They said you didn't like it', `I asked him what his plans were', and `Citizens complained about the smoke'. indirect discourse reported speech a way of reporting what someone said without repeating their exact words. For example, in the sentence 'Julia said that she didn't want to go', the clause 'that she didn't want to go' is indirect speech. Her actual words were 'I don't want to go'
free indirect speech: A style of indirect speech which imitates direct speech, converted to third-person

indirect speech

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in·di·rect speech

îndırekt spiç

/əndərˈekt ˈspēʧ/ /ɪndɜrˈɛkt ˈspiːʧ/

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