Abstract
Reported speech is characterized by two criteria: shift of deictic markers and shift of pragmatic markers relative to the communicative situation of the reporter. Consequently, there are four possibilities of combining the criteria: 1. direct (no deictic and pragmatic shift) and 2. indirect (full deictic and pragmatic shift) reported speech, and two mixed possibilities, namely 3. adapted and 4. imitated speech (the latter also known in the belles lettres as free indirect speech). This paper summarizes the possibilities of quotative indexes in Modem Russian, which indicate reported speech, and places the relatively new to Russian quotative indexes T?HΠO/ T?HΠa at their place. Emphasis is given to the actually discussed question if the Russian quotative indexes express evidentiality - as a primary meaning they don't.
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