Abstracts
Abstract
This article seeks to demonstrate, on the basis of textual evidence in the historical period of West Greenlandic, that there exists an indirect speech construction in this language, even if there is a marked preference for direct speech strategies.
Résumé
Cet article tente de démontrer, à partir de textes en groenlandais de l’ouest de la période historique, qu’il existe une forme de discours indirect dans cette langue, quoique il y ait une nette préférence pour le discours direct.
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