free indirect speech

English

Noun

free indirect speech (uncountable)

1. (linguistics, grammar, semantics) A style of indirect speech which imitates direct speech, and converted to third person.

Synonyms

• free indirect discourse, free indirect style

Translations

indirect speech imitating direct speech

• Danish: dækket direkte tale c
• French: discours indirect libre (fr)
• Japanese: 自由間接話法
• Polish: mowa pozornie zależna f
• Portuguese: discurso indireto livre m