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Categories: Semantics (linguistics), Semantic units, Semantics, Syntactic entities
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direct discourse  direct quotation  direct speech  quoted speech  oratio recta
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A report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'") WordNet 3.0
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A report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'") WordNet 3.0
A report of the exact words used in a discourse Open English WordNet
As a form of transcription, direct or quoted speech is spoken or written text that reports speech or thought in its original form phrased by the original speaker. Wikipedia
Sentence that reports speech or thought in its original form Wikidata
A linguistic technique to reproduce an utterance in its original form by enclosing it in quotation marks. OmegaWiki
The writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between quotation marks. Wiktionary
The writing of speech. Wiktionary (translation)
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