Table of Contents

1. Foreword; 2. Introduction; 3. Part I. Concepts; 4. Introduction; 5. 1. Enunciation Theory and S&TP; 6. 2. What is 'reported discourse'?; 7. 3. To the limits of reportability; 8. Part II. Strategies; 9. 1. Contemporary spoken French; 10. 2. Medieval literature; 11. 3. Ninetieth and twentieth-century literature; 12. 4. Contemporary written press; 13. Conclusion; 14. References; 15. Appendix 1: Corpus of Contemporary Spoken French; 16. Appendix 2: Corpus of Medieval French Literature; 17. Appendix 3: Corpus of Contemporary French Literature; 18. Appendix 4: Corpus of Contemporary Written French Press; 19. Author Index; 20. Subject Index

Reviews

The originality of the book consists in the fact that it manages to establish connections between linguistic, stylistic and narrative frameworks that had only been analyzed separately in previous works. It combines the French 'théorie de l'énonciation', with Anglo-Saxon approaches of reported discourse and creates a new paradigm for speech and thought presentation strategies. The book is very well documented, developing various theories and concepts regarding speech and thought presentation. It is also based on thorough research performed on a large corpus of Medieval French literature, of contemporary French literature, and of contemporary written French press.
*Ana Masalagiu, Department of Letters, 'Alexandru Ioan Cuza' University of Iasi, Romania, on Linguist List Vol. 17.720*