Reported speech in Medellin Spanish, Colombia

Direct and indirect speech are the most studied forms of reported speech. In studying this forms, several discursive and syntactic aspects are analyzed in different language varieties. In this paper, some findings on the use of reported speech among speakers of Spanish from Medellin are presented. D...

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Main Author:	Róbinson Grajales Alzate
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad del Valle 2017-07-01
Series:	Lenguaje
Subjects:	reported speech direct speech indirect speech pragmatics Colombian Spanish PRESEEA-Medellin
Online Access:	http://revistas.univalle.edu.co/index.php/lenguaje/article/view/5270/8378

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spelling	doaj-e9d6439234fd4c599ff57ecb1424bcc32020-11-25T03:42:43ZengUniversidad del ValleLenguaje0120-34792539-38042017-07-0145222124610.25100/lenguaje.v45i2.5270Reported speech in Medellin Spanish, Colombia Róbinson Grajales Alzate 0Universidad del ValleDirect and indirect speech are the most studied forms of reported speech. In studying this forms, several discursive and syntactic aspects are analyzed in different language varieties. In this paper, some findings on the use of reported speech among speakers of Spanish from Medellin are presented. Data were taken from the corpus PRESEEA-Medellin. It has been found that direct and indirect reported speech can vary regarding the way they are introduced, and that the choice between one form and the other depends on the speaker’s communicative purpose, according to whether the speaker wishes to show involvement or distance from the content been reported.http://revistas.univalle.edu.co/index.php/lenguaje/article/view/5270/8378reported speechdirect speechindirect speechpragmaticsColombian SpanishPRESEEA-Medellin
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title	Reported speech in Medellin Spanish, Colombia
title_short	Reported speech in Medellin Spanish, Colombia
title_full	Reported speech in Medellin Spanish, Colombia
title_fullStr	Reported speech in Medellin Spanish, Colombia
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publishDate	2017-07-01
description	Direct and indirect speech are the most studied forms of reported speech. In studying this forms, several discursive and syntactic aspects are analyzed in different language varieties. In this paper, some findings on the use of reported speech among speakers of Spanish from Medellin are presented. Data were taken from the corpus PRESEEA-Medellin. It has been found that direct and indirect reported speech can vary regarding the way they are introduced, and that the choice between one form and the other depends on the speaker’s communicative purpose, according to whether the speaker wishes to show involvement or distance from the content been reported.
topic	reported speech direct speech indirect speech pragmatics Colombian Spanish PRESEEA-Medellin
url	http://revistas.univalle.edu.co/index.php/lenguaje/article/view/5270/8378
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Reported speech in Medellin Spanish, Colombia

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