TEI P4 Beta: Reference Documentation

`<q>` | (quoted speech or thought) contains a quotation or apparent quotation --- a representation of speech or thought marked as being quoted from someone else (whether in fact quoted or not); in narrative, the words are usually those of of a character or speaker; in dictionaries, `<q>` may be used to mark real or contrived examples of usage.
Attributes: |
`type` | may be used to indicate whether the quoted matter is spoken or thought, or to characterize it more finely.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Legal values: |
`spoken` | representation of direct speech, usually marked by quotation marks.
`thought` | representation of thought, e.g. internal monologue.
| Default: #IMPLIED
`direct` | may be used to indicate whether the quoted matter is regarded as direct or indirect speech.
| Datatype: (y | n | unspecified)
| Legal values: |
`y` | speech or thought is represented directly.
`n` | speech or thought is represented indirectly, e.g. by use of a marked verbal aspect.
`unspecified` | no claim is made.
| Default: unspecified
`who` | identifies the speaker of a piece of direct speech.
| Datatype: CDATA
| Values: may be an idref
| Default: #IMPLIED

Example

    And so, as Tiny Tim observed,
    <q type=speech>God Bless Us, Every One!</q>

Note
Tagset base tag set for common core features
Class hqinter [and indirectly also:] common, inter
Filename `teicore2`
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Children #PCDATA TEI...end ab abbr add address app att bibl biblFull biblStruct c caesura camera caption castList cit cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct eTree emph entry entryFree event expan figure foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss graph handShift hi kinesic l label lang lg lg1 link list listBibl m measure mentioned move name note num oRef oVar orgName orig p pRef pVar pause persName phr placeName ptr q quote ref reg restore rs s seg shift sic soCalled sound sp space stage superentry supplied table tag tech term termEntry text time timeRange timeStruct title tree u unclear val view vocal w witDetail witList writing xptr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT q             - -  (%specialPara)                     >
    <!ATTLIST q                  %a.global
              type               CDATA               #IMPLIED
              direct             (y | n | unspecified)
                                                     unspecified
              who                CDATA               #IMPLIED       >

See 6.3.3

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