Publications
Publication details [#26800]
Holt, Elizabeth. 1996. Reporting on talk: The use of direct reported speech in conversation. Research on Language and Social Interaction 29 (3) : 219–245. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Lawrence Erlbaum
ISBN
0835-1813
Annotation
This conversation analytic study of transcripts of U.K. and U.S. telephone calls, characterizes direct reported speech as an efficient way of reporting previous interaction and of giving evidence for different types of claim.