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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to quotations; as a quotation.

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Examples

  • The basic phenomenon is what Washington calls quotational use (Washington 1992, p. 557)

    Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

  • There is no need, on the Disquotational Theory, to appeal to a special kind of quotational usage.

    Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

  • 'We don't do anything that is intentionally kitschy or quotational—we don't do shoji screens,' says Mr. Morris, 48, a professor at Parsons the New School for Design.

    Shelter Island Compound 2011

  • "We don't do anything that is intentionally kitschy or quotational—we don't do shoji screens," said Mr. Morris, 48, a professor at Parsons the New School for Design.

    Simple Shapes on Shelter Island Juliet Chung 2011

  • He (Sokolowski) makes key distinctions to avoid misunderstandings of his points: sacramental reenactment vs. mimetic reenactment; depicting vs. quoting; sacramental quotation vs. regular quotation; quotational gesture vs. dramatic reenactment; and on and on.

    "The Liturgy Changes Us..." 2009

  • Here are six basic quotational features of particular importance (BQ1-BQ6, for short) that will guide our search for an adequate account:

    Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

  • Dual Use-Mention (BQ6): Washington says that quotation marks indicate quotational usage and that expressions used quotationally refer to themselves (or some related entity).

    Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

  • He agrees with Washington in emphasizing ˜quotational use™ (Saka calls it ˜mentioning™), but Saka has more to say about mentioning than Washington has to say about quotational use (see Saka (1998) and (2005)).

    Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

  • Use/Identity Theories put a great deal of weight on the idea that the semantics for quotation cannot be developed without an account of quotational usage (mention in Saka's terminology.)

    Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

  • The function of quotation marks in written language is simply to indicate that words are being used in this special, quotational, way, i.e. not (only) with their regular extensions.

    Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

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