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Narrator's representation of speech acts

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We are told type of speech act speaker performed with possible indication of the topic e.g. 'She described Ross' view of the match'.

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Direct speech

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Representation of utterance typically via reporting clause and an independent reported clause enclosed in quotation marks e.g. 'She said "He really enjoyed the match"'. Language of reported clause is appropriate to the person who spoke i.e. pronouns, tense, deixis, lexis. Gives readers feeling of closeness to character, as if directly listening to them. Lowest narratorial interference.

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Allusions

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Not direct quote but indirect reference to another text or something someone has said. Used when you assume person you're addressing part of your cultural group so will understand what referring to e.g. 'You know nothing, Henry Bovey'. The wider the audience, the more widely known the text or image being alluded to has to be.

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Visual intertextuality

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Ads often integrate exact images into campaigns (visual form of quoting) e.g. Mona Lisa. Re-enact famous scenes e.g. da Vinci's Last Supper painting. Musicians often quote others' work e.g. Beatles song "All you need is love" quoting French national anthem and "She loves you".

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Semino and Short (2004)

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Proposed a framework outlining different forms of reporting/speech representation.

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Quoting practices

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Everyday talk e.g. quotatives; Academic writing e.g. marking the wording of a theorist and year their work was published; legal discourse e.g. constraining a witness; media e.g. interviews, endorsements.

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Interdiscursivity

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The borrowing of conventions from one discourse type into another e.g. the use of medical jargon in ads for low fat spreads. Can involve visual modes e.g. advert for Conservative Party before 2017 general election in style of women's gossip magazine (visual interdiscursivity). Can involve other modes e.g. architecture of Trafford Centre, Manchester.

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Free indirect speech

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Representation of utterance typically without reporting clause e.g. 'She talked about watching the match with Ross. He really enjoyed it'. Language used partly appropriate to narrator and partly to character. Often contains features of both direct and indirect speech.

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Reasons for interdiscursivity

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Interdiscursivity can be, textual, interpersonal, ideological, social.

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Quoting

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Summarises what was said e.g. 'A source close to the victim said...'

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Functions of allusions

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Create solidarity amongst narrow audiences that are only one able identify what being alluded to; flatter the reader if they recognise what being alluded to; entertain e.g. alluding to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in 'Playing for the Ashes'.

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Manifest intertextuality

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A direct quotation or allusion to a specific other text, image, film, piece of music. Also involves reporting and speech representation.

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Indirect speech

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Representation of utterance via reporting clause (i.e. told, asked, said) e.g. 'She said that he had really enjoyed the match'. Language used in reported clause is appropriate to narrator i.e. pronouns, tense, deixis, lexis.

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Narrator's representation of voice

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We are told speech took place e.g. 'She spoke'. No indication of words used or speech act performed. Reader distant from character. Highest narratorial interference.

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Functions of reporting

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Intensify events e.g. 'And then everyone just screamed to get out'. Offer evidence e.g. 'The email said the delivery "Can't be expected before August 30th"'. Formulate 'the gist' e.g. 'Basically, she told him to get lost'. Typify an encounter e.g. 'What he said to me was an insult'.

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