6. Direct, indirect and other discourse in Bengali newspapers

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations and symbols x
5. Part I. Categories of reported discourse and their use
6. 1. Speech and thought representation in the Kartvelian (South Caucasian) languages 3
7. 2. Self-quotation in German 49
8. 3. Direct and indirect speech in Cerma narrative 71
9. 4. Direct and indirect discourse in Tamil 91
10. 5. The acceptance of “free indirect discourse” 109
11. 6. Direct, indirect and other discourse in Bengali newspapers 121
12. Part II. Tense-aspect and evidentiality
13. 7. Evidentiality and reported speech in Romance languages 143
14. 8. Discourse perspectives on tense choice in spoken-English reporting discourse 173
15. Part III. Logophoricity
16. 9. The logophoric hierarchy and variation in Dogon 201
17. 10. Logophoric marking in East Asian languages 211
18. Part IV. Form and history of quotative constructions
19. 11. The grammaticalization of ‘say’ and ‘do’ 227
20. 12. When ‘say’ is not say 253
21. 13. Reported speech in Egyptian 289
22. 14. ‘Report’ constructions in Kambera (Austronesian) 323
23. 15. All the same? 341
24. Part V. A comprehensive bibliography of reported discourse
25. 16. A comprehensive bibliography of reported discourse 363
26. Index of names 417
27. Index of languages and language groups 422