Repetition of one expression as part of another one
This article is about quoting text and speech. For information about the punctuation mark, see Quotation mark. For economic usage, see Financial quote. For other uses, see Quotation (disambiguation).
A quotation is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written.[1] In oral speech, it is the representation of an utterance (i.e. of something that a speaker actually said) that is introduced by a quotative marker, such as a verb of saying. For example: John said: "I saw Mary today". Quotations in oral speech are also signaled by special prosody in addition to quotative markers. In written text, quotations are signaled by quotation marks.[2] Quotations are also used to present well-known statement parts that are explicitly attributed by citation to their original source; such statements are marked with (punctuated with) quotation marks.
As a form of transcription, direct or quoted speech is spoken or written text that reports speech or thought in its original form phrased by the original speaker. In narrative, it is usually enclosed in quotation marks,[3] but it can be enclosed in guillemets (« ») in some languages. The cited speaker either is mentioned in the tag (or attribution) or is implied.
Direct speech is often used as a literary device to represent someone's point of view. Quotations are also widely used in spoken language when an interlocutor wishes to present a proposition that they have come to know via hearsay.
^McArthur, Tom; Lam-McArthur, Jacqueline; Fontaine, Lisa, eds. (2018). The Oxford Companion to the English Language (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191744389.
^Bonami, Olivier; Godard, Danièle (2008). "On the Syntax of Direct Quotation in French". HAL. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^Cite error: The named reference Leech was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
A quotation is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written. In oral speech, it is the representation...
other symbols. Quotation marks are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The...
Market (/ˈnæzdæk/ ; National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American stock exchange based in New York City. It is the most...
In English writing, quotation marks or inverted commas, also known informally as quotes, talking marks, speech marks, quote marks, quotemarks or speechmarks...
A damaging quotation is a short utterance by a public figure used by opponents as a discrediting tactic. These utterances are often, but not always, taken...
Musical quotation is the practice of directly quoting another work in a new composition. The quotation may be from the same composer's work (self-referential)...
quotation marks in a number of languages. In some of these languages, "single" guillemets, ‹ and ›, are used for a quotation inside another quotation...
A request for quotation (RfQ) is a business process in which a company or public entity requests a quote from a supplier for the purchase of specific...
A block quotation (also known as a long quotation or extract) is a quotation in a written document that is set off from the main text as a paragraph, or...
A nested quotation is a quotation that is encapsulated inside another quotation, forming a hierarchy with multiple levels. When focusing on a certain quotation...
Right to quote or right of quotation or quotation right is one of the copyright exceptions provided by the Berne Convention, article 10: "It shall be permissible...
shudder quotes, sneer quotes, and quibble marks[citation needed]) are quotation marks that writers place around a word or phrase to signal that they are...
the alterations are enclosed in square brackets within the quotation to show that the quotation is not exactly as given, or to add an annotation. For example:...
character ’ (U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK) is used for both a typographic apostrophe and a single right (closing) quotation mark. This is due to the many...
MESDAQ (Malaysian Exchange of Securities Dealing and Automated Quotation) was launched on 6 October 1997 as a separate securities market, mostly for listing...
used colloquially as a quotative to introduce a quotation or impersonation. This is also known as "quotation through simile". The word is often used to express...
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations is the Oxford University Press's large quotation dictionary. It lists short quotations that are common in English...
as the National Quotation Bureau (NQB). For decades, the NQB reported quotations for both stocks and bonds, publishing the quotations in the paper-based...
False attribution may refer to: Misattribution in general, when a quotation or work is accidentally, traditionally, or based on bad information attributed...
different languages. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark (’) in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on...
marks " used underneath a word"; the symbol " (quotation mark); or the symbol ” (right double quotation mark). In the following example, the second line...
The Quotations are an American doo-wop band, primarily from James Madison High School in East Brooklyn, New York, United States. The group started in 1958...
Air quotes, also called finger quotes, are virtual quotation marks formed in the air with one's fingers when speaking. The gesture is typically done with...
Request price quotation or RPQ is a long-standing IBM designation for a product or component that is potentially available, but that is not on the "standard"...
Global Information