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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/02/27 12:25 UTC 版)
Quasi-quotation is a linguistic device that facilitates rigorous and terse formulation of general rules about linguistic expressions while properly observing the use-mention distinction. It was introduced by the philosopher and logician Willard van Orman Quine in his book Mathematical Logic, originally published in 1940. Put simply, quasi-quotation enables one to introduce variables that stand for a linguistic expression in a given instance and are used as that linguistic expression in a different instance.