What is the function of quotation marks?

A, indicating the quoted part. In order to distinguish it from the author's own words, the dialogue between characters in the article or the direct quotation of others' words (or articles) are all quoted.

Second, express a specific title.

Third, express the special meaning and the parts that need to be highlighted. When some words in an article have special meanings, they are often marked with quotation marks.

Fourth, express irony or irony.

Distinguish between specific appellation and special meaning: "specific appellation" refers to a name or abbreviation with certain characteristics that refers to something or people in a specific language environment. For example, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan actively donated money to Project Hope. And "special meaning" refers to having another meaning or a new meaning in a specific language environment. For example, what people urgently need is a "fool" like you. Specific appellations have something in common with the meanings they express; The special meaning is completely different from the original meaning of the words it expresses, so it is called "special" meaning.

The differences between quotation marks and special meanings are: 1, and quotation marks play a prominent and emphasized role in expressing specific titles;

2. When quotation marks indicate a word with special meaning, the word no longer indicates its original meaning, but has a new meaning;

3, that is, the meaning of the former has not changed, but the meaning of the latter has changed, with a new meaning different from the original intention.

Words with special meanings.

When writing, some words with quotation marks no longer express their original meanings, but have new meanings.

For example:

1, Helen learned to "speak" with her fingers. ("Helen Keller ")

Explanation: This does not mean that fingers can really talk, but that Helen has learned to touch and read Braille and communicate with others in Braille.

She described the world he "saw" in his heart with such a touching style. ("Helen Keller ")

Explanation: "Look" here doesn't mean what you really see with your eyes, but Helen's feelings and imagination about the outside world.

3. How do bat's ears "penetrate" the night and "hear" objects without sound? (Experiment at night)

Explanation: How do ears "penetrate" the night? How can you "hear" objects? Here, bats' ears have no "vision", but they can "penetrate" the darkness like vision and look for objects in the darkness; Ears can only hear sounds, but bats can feel the objects in front of them like the "listening" sound here, so "penetrating" and "listening" are put in quotation marks to express special meanings.

So the criterion to judge this usage is whether it has a new meaning different from the original meaning.

1, Zhan Tianyou designed a herringbone line along the mountain. (Zhan Tianyou)

Note: The word "person" in quotation marks here actually represents the metaphor of Mo Xingge, that is, the shape of the railway is figuratively compared to the word "person".

2. Because their outlines are a bit like the word "gold" in Chinese characters, they are called pyramids. (Egyptian pyramids)

Note: The word "gold" in quotation marks here is actually a metaphor of mosaic, which vividly compares the outline of the pyramid to the word "gold".