間接話法 (indirect speech)

被伝達部（reported speech）を伝達者のことばに直して伝える方法

* 平叙文He said to her, “I read this book here yesterday.”→He told her that he had read that book there the day before.

* 『現代言語学辞典』（田中春美[編集主幹]、樋口時弘・家村睦夫・五十嵐康男・倉又浩一・中村完・下宮忠雄・田中幸子[編集・執筆]／成美堂）