Abstract This paper is an analysis of the use of reported speech in six Tibeto-Burman languages from two closely-related sub-branches (Tamangic and Tibetic). The data come from a set of interview narratives about people’s experiences of the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal. The analysis begins with an examination of the relationship between reported speech, overt subjects and ergativity. We also look at reported speech and evidentiality, including grammatical reported speech evidentials. Structural features discussed include hybrid reported speech and multiple clause relationality. Interactional features discussed include the use of deictic shift, prominent subordination, and the multiple functions of reported speech forms, as well as zero-marked reported speech events. This analysis highlights the benefits of studying linguistic features such as reported speech in narrative context. We conclude with the implications of this usage-based analysis in the coverage of reported speech in descriptive grammars.

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六种藏缅语地震叙述中的报告演讲

摘要 本文分析了来自两个密切相关的分支（塔曼吉语和藏语）的六种藏缅语言报告语音的使用情况。这些数据来自一组关于人们在 2015 年尼泊尔地震中的经历的采访叙述。分析首先检查报告的演讲、公开的主题和作格之间的关系。我们还查看报告的演讲和证据，包括语法报告的演讲证据。讨论的结构特征包括混合报告语音和多子句关系。所讨论的交互特征包括指示词转换的使用、突出的从属关系和报告语音形式的多种功能，以及零标记报告的语音事件。该分析强调了研究语言特征的好处，例如在叙事语境中报告的语音。我们总结了这种基于用法的分析对描述性语法中报告语音的覆盖范围的影响。