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a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., ‘he said "I am a fool"’ would be modified to ‘he said he is a fool’)

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  1. n. a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., ‘he said "I am a fool"’ would be modified to ‘he said he is a fool’)