free indirect speech

English

Noun

free indirect speech (uncountable)

(linguistics, grammar, semantics) A style of indirect speech which imitates direct speech, and converted to third person.

Synonyms

free indirect discourse, free indirect style

Translations

indirect speech imitating direct speech

Danish: dækket direkte tale c
French: discours indirect libre (fr)
Japanese: 自由間接話法
Polish: mowa pozornie zależna f
Portuguese: discurso indireto livre m

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