L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the characteristics of two phrases: say to oneself / tell oneself. After presenting the results of a corpus study of these phrases, we shall explore the distinction that can be made in the types of speech they introduce. We will attempt to show that tell onese...
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| description | The purpose of this paper is to discuss the characteristics of two phrases: say to oneself / tell oneself. After presenting the results of a corpus study of these phrases, we shall explore the distinction that can be made in the types of speech they introduce. We will attempt to show that tell oneself is used when the content of the reported speech seems doubtful and thus expresses a point of view while say to oneself seems more objective. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-65ad4f7d8eb34b33b2b94c6575b70c392025-01-30T12:33:34ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiAnglophonia1278-33312427-04662010-12-01148910410.4000/anglophonia.627L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneselfSandrine OriezThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the characteristics of two phrases: say to oneself / tell oneself. After presenting the results of a corpus study of these phrases, we shall explore the distinction that can be made in the types of speech they introduce. We will attempt to show that tell oneself is used when the content of the reported speech seems doubtful and thus expresses a point of view while say to oneself seems more objective.https://journals.openedition.org/acs/12461prepositionsspeechditransitivityqualitative and quantitative determination |
| spellingShingle | Sandrine Oriez L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself Anglophonia prepositions speech ditransitivity qualitative and quantitative determination |
| title | L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself |
| title_full | L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself |
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| title_short | L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself |
| title_sort | l assertion en discours reflechi tell oneself versus say to oneself |
| topic | prepositions speech ditransitivity qualitative and quantitative determination |
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