Book contents
- Quoting in Parliamentary Question Time
- Studies In English Language
- Quoting in Parliamentary Question Time
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Reported Speech and Evidentiality
- Chapter 3 Prime Minister’s Questions
- Chapter 4 Data, Transcription, and Methodology
- Chapter 5 Reporting Clauses
- Chapter 6 Reported Clauses
- Chapter 7 Reported Speech and Rhetorical Structures
- Chapter 8 Reported Speech in Recurrent Courses of Action
- Chapter 9 Summary and Conclusions
- Book part
- References
- Index
Chapter 6 - Reported Clauses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 August 2021
- Quoting in Parliamentary Question Time
- Studies In English Language
- Quoting in Parliamentary Question Time
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Reported Speech and Evidentiality
- Chapter 3 Prime Minister’s Questions
- Chapter 4 Data, Transcription, and Methodology
- Chapter 5 Reporting Clauses
- Chapter 6 Reported Clauses
- Chapter 7 Reported Speech and Rhetorical Structures
- Chapter 8 Reported Speech in Recurrent Courses of Action
- Chapter 9 Summary and Conclusions
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 is concerned with the different multimodal formats of reported clauses in the 1978–1988 and 2003–2013 data sets: direct, indirect and 'in between' speech. It is discussed how these formats have changed with respect to their forms and distribution over turn types and speaker roles, and shown that speakers from both periods are strikingly conservative in the contextualisation of the quotations, with indirect and ‘literalised’ direct speech representing the two dominating practices. While indirect speech is most frequent in both data sets, the 2003–2013 sample shows a rise of ‘literalised’ direct speech across turn types and speaker roles. It is argued that this development is indicative of a general tendency to authentication and authorisation in reported speech, which is achieved through the visual manipulation of (original) documents, and the use of the verbal formula (AND) I QUOTE. The latter also serves to perform mixed quotations, a practice not found in 1978–1988. It is concluded that the comparison between the 1978–1988 and 2003–2013 points to a general tendency towards greater credibility enhancement, and a more interpersonal style in quotations.
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- Quoting in Parliamentary Question TimeExploring Recent Change, pp. 125 - 194Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021