L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the characteristics of two phrases: say to oneself / tell oneself. After presenting the results of a corpus study of these phrases, we shall explore the distinction that can be made in the types of speech they introduce. We will attempt to show that tell onese...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandrine Oriez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2010-12-01
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/627