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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 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. 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. Quotations are often used as a literary device to represent someone's point of view. They are also widely used in spoken language when an interlocutor wishes to present a proposition that they have come to know via hearsay. A quotation can also refer to the repeated use of units of any other form of expression, especially parts of artistic works: elements of a painting, scenes from a movie or sections from a musical composition. Quotations are used for a variety of reasons: to illuminate the meaning or to support the arguments of the work in which it is being quoted, to provide direct information about the work being quoted (whether in order to discuss it, positively or negatively), to pay homage to the original work or author, to make the user of the quotation seem well-read, and/or to comply with copyright law. Quotations are also commonly printed as a means of inspiration and to invoke philosophical thoughts from the reader. Pragmatically speaking, quotations can also be used as language games (in the Wittgensteinian sense of the term) to manipulate social order and the structure of society. Famous quotations are frequently collected in books that are sometimes called quotation dictionaries or treasuries.

Quote Erat Demonstrandum: AWeb Interface for Exploring the Quotebank Corpus

Robert West, Akhil Arora, Andreas Oliver Spitz, Huan-Cheng Chang, Vuk Vukovic

The use of attributed quotes is the most direct and least filtered pathway of information propagation in news. Consequently, quotes play a central role in the conception, reception, and analysis of news stories. Since quotes provide a more direct window in ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2022

Terre crue en milieu urbain: développement d'une architecture bioclimatique au Maroc

Carole Froidevaux

«Je choisirais [de vivre dans] un logement en terre sous condition que toutes les nécessités de ma vie actuelle soient disponibles.» [Propos extraits d'un dialogue à Casablanca. Dans le passé, la personne a vécu dans un logement en terre crue.] Le patrimoine architectural marocain présente de nombreux exemples d'architecture en terre crue, démontrant que celle-ci est bien adaptée au climat local exposé à de fortes chaleurs en été. Au-delà du côté “sentimental” des traditions, la terre crue n'est pas incompatible avec “confort moderne”. Bien qu'éclipsée par l'arrivée des matériaux industriels, la prise de conscience des enjeux environnementaux lui donne un nouvel intérêt dans l'optique de favoriser des cycles courts et des matériaux renouvelables. Alors que le Maroc vient de mettre en place un règlement thermique pour la construction visant l'efficacité énergétique, le projet propose un modèle de logement bioclimatique redonnant une place à la terre dans la conception du bâtiment. Il se situe à Marrakech et se concentre, à l'échelle d'un quartier, sur un nouveau modèle de “maison marocaine” pour la classe moyenne. Proche de l'architecture traditionnelle par sa forme urbaine à patio, il se différencie par sa matérialité. Les murs périphériques des logements sont en adobe créant une enveloppe massive et lisse protégeant des nuisances extérieures. Un revêtement métallique entrelacé recouvre les autres façades plus légères possédant les ouvertures orientées sur le patio. Il module à la fois la vue et la lumière estompant ainsi la limite entre l'espace intérieur et extérieur.

2017

Study of Bs0-meson Production and Measurement of Bs0 Decays into a Ds(*)- and a Light Meson in e+e- Collisions at √s=10.87 GeV

Remi Léandre Albert Louvot

This work is dedicated to the experimental study of Bs0 production in e+e– collisions at the Υ(5S) resonance (√s = 10.87 GeV), as well as measurement with fully reconstructed Bs0 decays involving one Ds(*)– meson. The analysed data sample was recorded betw ...

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