ABSTRACT
In the previous two chapters I have discussed all the basic deictic or ‘expressive’ characteristics of free indirect discourse, and only occasionally did I imply that free indirect discourse cannot actually be defined by such linguistic criteria, at least not in a definitive manner. This chapter, by way of contrast, proposes to discuss the ways in which free indirect discourse formally and pragmatically overlaps with other forms of speech and thought representation, how the ‘establishment’ of a free indirect discourse reading in fact frequently relies on the linguistic evocation of a character’s ‘voice’ or on the tracing of a cognitive viewpoint. I will also note (at least) two more categories of speech and thought representation that are defined propositionally rather than formally-speech and thought report, and narrated perception.
