<q>

<q> (quoted) contains material which is distinguished from the surrounding text using quotation marks or a similar method, for any one of a variety of reasons including, but not limited to: direct speech or thought, technical terms or jargon, authorial distance, quotations from elsewhere, and passages that are mentioned but not used. [3.3.3 Quotation]
Modulecore — Elements Available in All TEI Documents
Attributesatt.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @rend, @style, @rendition, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.linking (@corresp, @synch, @sameAs, @copyOf, @next, @prev, @exclude, @select)) (att.global.analytic (@ana)) (att.global.facs (@facs)) (att.global.change (@change)) att.ascribed (@who) att.source (@source)
typemay be used to indicate whether the offset passage is spoken or thought, or to characterize it more finely. Suggested values include: 1] spoken; 2] thought; 3] written; 4] soCalled; 5] foreign; 6] distinct; 7] term; 8] emph; 9] mentioned
Status Optional
Datatype

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
data.enumerated
Suggested values include:
spoken
representation of speech
thought
representation of thought, e.g. internal monologue
written
quotation from a written source
soCalled
authorial distance
foreign
distinct
linguistically distinct
term
technical term
emph
rhetorically emphasized
mentioned
refering to itself, not its normal referent
Member of
Contained by
May contain
dictionaries: lang oRef oVar pRef pVar
gaiji: g
header: biblFull idno
iso-fs: fLib fs fvLib
textstructure: floatingText
verse: caesura rhyme
Declaration

<rng:element name="q">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.ascribed.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="type">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>spoken</rng:value>
    <rng:value>thought</rng:value>
    <rng:value>written</rng:value>
    <rng:value>soCalled</rng:value>
    <rng:value>foreign</rng:value>
    <rng:value>distinct</rng:value>
    <rng:value>term</rng:value>
    <rng:value>emph</rng:value>
    <rng:value>mentioned</rng:value>
    <rng:data type="Name"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.specialPara"/>
</rng:element>
element q
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.ascribed.attributes,
   att.source.attributes,
   attribute type
   {
      "spoken"
    | "thought"
    | "written"
    | "soCalled"
    | "foreign"
    | "distinct"
    | "term"
    | "emph"
    | "mentioned"
    | xsd:Name
   }?,
   macro.specialPara
}
Example
It is spelled <q>Tübingen</q> — to enter the
letter <q>u</q> with an umlaut hold down the <q>option</q> key and press
<q>0 0 f c</q>
Note

May be used to indicate that a passage is distinguished from the surrounding text for reasons concerning which no claim is made. When used in this manner, q may be thought of as syntactic sugar for hi with a value of rend that indicates the use of such mechanisms as quotation marks.