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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Main Author: Sandrine Oriez
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Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2010-12-01
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/acs/12461
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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
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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
title_fullStr L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself
title_full_unstemmed L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself
title_short L’assertion en discours réfléchi tell oneself versus say to oneself
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topic prepositions
speech
ditransitivity
qualitative and quantitative determination
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