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indirect discourse Definition
(n)
a
report
of
a
discourse
in
which
deictic
terms
are
modified
appropriately
(
e
.
g
., "
he
said
`
I
am
a
fool
''
would
be
modified
to
`
he
said
he
is
a
fool
''")
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