disquotation

Example:When quoting the philosopher John Locke, he used the exact words: 'To prove this, let us consult the definitions of those terms.'

Definition:The act of citing, repeating, or using a passage from a book, article, etc., with proper attribution to its source, often enclosed in quotation marks.

Example:The sentence 'The narrator's book is on the table' is an indirect reference, as it does not directly state what the book is, but rather refers to it through the narrator's commentary.

Definition:A form of reference in which a statement indirectly refers to the world through language or text, rather than directly referring to the facts or things themselves.