Quotatives : new trends and sociolinguistic implications Quotatives considers the phenomenon quotation from a wealth of perspectives. It consolidates findings from different strands of research combining formal and functional approaches for the definition of reported discourse and situating the phenomenon in a broader typological and sociolinguistic perspective. Provides an interface between sociolinguistic research and other linguistic disciplines in particular discourse analysis typology construction grammar but also more formal approaches Incorporates innovative methodology that draws on discourse analytic typological and sociolinguistic approaches Investigates the system both in its diachronic development as well as via cross variety comparisons Presents careful definition of the envelope of variation and considers alternative definitions of the phenomenon quotation Empirical findings are reported from distribution and perception data which allows comparing and contrasting perception and reality