Maier on the Alleged Transparency of Mixed Quotation

2019 ◽  
pp. 209-221
Author(s):  
Alessandro Capone
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Quotation

Mixed Quotation—Semantically Redundant?

2007 ◽  
pp. 52-66
Author(s):  
Herman Cappelen ◽  
Ernie Lepore
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Quotation

Language shifts in free indirect discourse

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emar Maier
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Context ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Formal Semantic ◽  
Alternative Account ◽  
Direct Discourse ◽  
Free Indirect Discourse ◽  
Indirect Discourse ◽  
Mixed Quotation

AbstractFree indirect discourse is a way of reporting what a protagonist thinks or says that is distinct from both direct and indirect discourse. In particular, while pronouns and tenses are presented from the narrator's perspective, as in indirect discourse, other indexical and expressive elements reflect the protagonist's point of view, as in direct discourse. In this paper I discuss a number of literary examples of free indirect discourse in which the narrator slips into the language, dialect or idiolect of the protagonist. I argue that the leading formal semantic analyses of free indirect discourse, which rely on semantic context shifting, fail to account for such language shifts. I then present an alternative account that treats free indirect discourse as a form of mixed quotation.

scholarly journals Switches between Direct and Indirect Speech in Ancient Greek

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emar Maier
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Formal Semantic ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Semantic Framework ◽  
Indirect Speech ◽  
Indirect Discourse ◽  
Mixed Quotation

AbstractI propose a uni ied semantic analysis of two phenomena characteristic of ancient Greek speech reporting, (i) the unmarked switching between direct and indirect discourse, and (ii) the use of οτι ('that') as a quotation introduction. I accommodate these phenomena in a formal semantic framework, where both can be modeled uniformly as instances of mixed quotation.

scholarly journals Derogatory terms in free indirect discourse

2021 ◽  
pp. 349-378
Author(s):  
Isidora Stojanovic
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Free Indirect Discourse ◽  
Underlying Theory ◽  
Indirect Discourse ◽  
Mixed Quotation

Free indirect discourse (FID) is a style of reporting speech and thought that combines third-personal narration with direct, first-personal discourse. Expressive terms, such as “idiot” or “asshole”, are known to occur in FID. When so used, the pejorative content reflects the protagonist’s rather than the narrator’s point of view. This chapter broadens the discussion of derogatory terms in FID by investigating occurrences of slurring terms, such as the N-word. The two main approaches to FID, namely the two-context approach and the mixed-quotation approach, are discussed in light of these novel findings. The chapter shows that both are able to account for the data; however, the choice between them imposes constraints on the underlying theory of derogatory terms.

scholarly journals Lost Hopes and Mixed Quotes

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 213-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Savas L. Tsohatzidis
Keyword(s):  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Mixed Quotation ◽  
The Way

The analysis of mixed quotation proposed in Cappelen & Lepore (1997a), purportedly as a development of Davidson’s accounts of direct and of indirect quotation, is critically examined. It is argued that the analysis fails to specify either necessary or sufficient conditions on mixed quotation, and that the way it has been defended by its proponents makes its alleged Davidsonian parentage questionable.

Two Accounts of Indexicals in Mixed Quotation

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 77-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Cumming
Keyword(s):  
Direct Speech ◽  
Mixed Quotation

When the indexical ‘I’ appears inside quotation marks, it refers not to the person now speaking but to the person whose speech is being reported. The apparently ‘monstrous’ behaviour of quotation can be dismissed in direct speech, so long as one maintains that the quoted part is mentioned rather than used. The same cannot be maintained, however, in so-called ‘mixed’ quotation, for which a pure-mention analysis is implausible. In this paper I compare two accounts of the semantics of quotation. While the accounts of Maier & Geurts (2004), Geurts & Maier (this volume), and Bittner (to appear) all anticipate the correct behaviour for indexicals inside quotation, the approach developed by Geurts and Maier makes a further, false generalisation, and is therefore empirically inferior.

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