direct speech , also: quoted speech

For all of her direct speech, the woman still didn't really explain things.

I cried, and my voice came out as direct speech, intimate, just between us.

They're communicating with each other by direct speech through the helmet contact.

The vocative case, which is used to address someone or something in direct speech.

In writing we use these quotation marks to show direct speech.

They first began to quote direct speech in 1714.

Some language development experts have characterized child directed speech in stages.

So far as I recollect neither of them made any answer to this direct speech.

In the record the speeches are given in direct speech.

The purposes and benefits of infant directed speech are numerous.

They believe music causes less offence to the listener than direct speech.

Quotation marks are also used in some other cases besides direct speech, for example around the name of a song.

The most prominent use of inverted commas is direct speech.

A full stop is replaced by a comma in direct speech before the accompanying sentence.

His narratives nevertheless take an interest in recording direct speech, used as a method of characterization.

This contrasts with direct speech, where there is an expectation that the original words will be reproduced exactly.

Roland might envy your direct speech and honest manner.

Then Alp understood how the communications screens differed from direct speech.

Therefore, infant directed speech is a powerful tool in providing a base for language acquisition.

Infant directed speech also aids infants in selecting appropriate social partners.

As words are repeated through infant directed speech, infants begin to create mental representations of each word.

Instead, the raised pitch and elongated style of child directed speech allow for more effective communication.

Infant directed speech features a unique syntax, usually having a simplified form.

The auditory and visual aspects of infant directed speech do not exist independently, however.

However, research indicates that infants are not only attracted to the practice itself but to people who engage in infant directed speech.