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Publication details [#56349]

Smirnova, Alla. 2012. Argumentative use of reported speech in British newspaper discourse. Text & Talk 32 (2) : 235–253.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

argumentation | journalese | newspaper report | quotative | reported speech

Language as a subject

English, British

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/TEXT/html

Annotation

This paper discusses features of the argumentative use of reported speech in the British quality press. In order to augment the argumentative plausibility, journalists display in detail the quotations' local semantics, lexica, and syntax.