ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes some common grammatical patterns that incorporate elements of reported speech in their structure. ‘Quotations’ are used when repeating or relaying what someone else said. There are two ways to report what someone has said: a direct quotation, which gives the exact words spoken, and an indirect quotation, which gives the words in a changed style. In Korean, the second of these methods is particularly complex in that different verb endings are required depending on whether the phrase that was said was a simple statement, a question, a command or a proposal. In addition, in colloquial speech, a variety of abbreviated reduced quotation forms are used, each with their specific discourse functions. Direct quotes are used when people want to relay the actual words or thoughts in their original form. Indirect quotations are also used when reporting what someone said.
