Items for "distancing indirect speech/thought"

From representational to scopal ‘distancing indirect speech or thought’: A cline of subjectification

‘Distancing indirect speech or thought’ (DIST) is defined as a noncanonical form of speech or thought representation which is characterized by the singleness of deictic center across both component clauses: Contrary to direct, indirect, or free indirect speech/thought, no truly separate consciousness (‘sayer/cognizant’) is represented by the current speaker (‘speaker’), even though the grammar of speech or thought representation is used...

Keywords: reported speech, distancing indirect speech/thought, deixis, scope, subjectification, grammaticalization