Abstract
Free indirect discourse (FID) is a literary, or narrative device which allows access to the thoughts and feelings of a protagonist, from his or her own perspective. FID is formally viewed as lying on the scale between indirect discourse (ID) and direct discourse (DD). It is non-embedded, consisting of a blend of features, few intrinsic to ID, while the rest are associated with DD. The paper aims to discuss the nature of the FID phenomenon in North Eastern Neo-Aramaic, based on folktales told in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Zakho, while paying close attention to the wider context, and more specifically, to the discourse type surrounding FID.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 105-135 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Journal | Aramaic Studies |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Eran Cohen, 2024.
Keywords
- dialogue
- discourse
- free indirect discourse
- indirect discourse
- narrative
- Neo-Aramaic
- syntax