A linguistic cycle for speech orienters

doi:10.1075/cf.00075.nic

Steve Nicolle

A linguistic cycle for speech orienters

Linguistics and Language
Language and Linguistics

Abstract This paper describes the way in which represented speech is introduced in ten eastern Bantu languages, and explains the different constructions used as stages of a linguistic cycle. In this cycle, verbs of speech develop into quotative markers, and eventually cease to be used to introduce direct speech. This cycle can be understood as a systematic and unidirectional series of constructional changes.

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