The Grammar of Thinking: From Reported Speech to Reported Thought in the Languages of the World
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By Daniela E. Casartelli (Editor), Silvio Cruschina (Editor), Pekka Posio (Editor), Stef Spronck (Editor)
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Sentence (1) represents the phenomenon of reported thought, (2) that of reported speech:
(1) Sasha thought: "This is fine" or Sasha thought that this would be fine
(2) Sasha said: "This is fine" or Sasha said that this would be fine
While sentences as in (1) have often been discussed in the context of those in (2) the former have rarely received specific attention. This has meant that much of the semantic and structural complexity, cross-linguistic variation, as well as the precise relati...


