Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. List of maps, tables, and figures XIV
4. Abbreviations and conventions XVIII
5. Chapter 1. The framework, aim, and data of this study 1
6. Chapter 2. The internal structure of quotative indexes 49
7. Chapter 3. Quotative indexes and their linguistic context 180
8. Chapter 4. Previous research on the history of quotatives and a new approach: mimesis 264
9. Chapter 5. The origin of quotative indexes 295
10. Chapter 6. The functional extension of reported-discourse constructions 397
11. Chapter 7. Grammatical functions unrelated to reported-discourseconstructions 478
12. Chapter 8. Summary 515
13. Backmatter 532