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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Main Author:	Sandrine Oriez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Presses Universitaires du Midi 2010-12-01
Series:	Anglophonia
Subjects:	speech ditransitivity prepositions qualitative and quantitative determination
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/627

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spelling	doaj-169c2de671244addae6ef978689e469c2020-11-25T01:21:38ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiAnglophonia1278-33312427-04662010-12-01148910410.4000/anglophonia.627L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneselfSandrine OriezThe 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 oneself is used when the content of the reported speech seems doubtful and thus expresses a point of view while say to oneself seems more objective.http://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/627speechditransitivityprepositionsqualitative and quantitative determination
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title	L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself
title_short	L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself
title_full	L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself
title_fullStr	L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself
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publisher	Presses Universitaires du Midi
series	Anglophonia
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publishDate	2010-12-01
description	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 oneself is used when the content of the reported speech seems doubtful and thus expresses a point of view while say to oneself seems more objective.
topic	speech ditransitivity prepositions qualitative and quantitative determination
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L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself

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