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A style of indirect speech which imitates direct speech, converted to third-person.

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free indirect speech

Source Word

free indirect speech

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A style of indirect speech which imitates direct speech, converted to third-person.

Japanese Meaning

直接話法（話し言葉）に似せながら、登場人物の発言や内面の思考が第三者の語りで表現される間接話法。 / 自由間接話法

The novelist relied on free indirect speech to let the protagonist's thoughts flow without quotation marks.

その小説家は、主人公の思考を引用符なしで自然に流れるように表現するために、自由間接話法を用いた。

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A style of indirect speech which imitates direct speech, converted to third-person.