Abstract of

The Shape of Direct Quotation

Rose-Marie Weber

Direct quotation can be a source of meaning in storybook texts for beginning readers. The author of this article sketches the linguistic complexity of direct quotation and offers instructional strategies. Three aspects of direct quotation are examined: the cluster of print features and syntactic characteristics that direct quotation involves, the prosodic qualities that direct quotation calls for in oral reading, and the semantic links, especially pronouns, between the speakers in the text and what they say.

Abstract from Weber, R. (2008, April). The Shape of Direct Quotation. The Reading Teacher, 61(7), 558–564. doi: 10.1598/RT.61.7.5