Abstrakt:
The bachelor thesis deals with features and distribution of reporting verbs and nouns in academic discourse. It is divided into two parts, the first of which aims to present theoretical background and clarify the terminology of academic discourse, reporting verbs, direct and indirect speech, and reporting nouns. The practical part is subdivided into two main chapters, where the semantic classification and grammatical features of reporting verbs and nouns are analyzed based on the excerpts from academic journals.