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GUILLEMETS GESTUELS [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-12-21

English

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DEF

Gestures in which the index and middle finger of each hand are held up and curled at the same time, in imitation of quotation marks, used to indicate that something being said was actually said by someone else, is viewed with skepticism, or is a popular turn of phrase.

French

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CONT

Guillemets gestuels. En situation de communication orale, peuvent apparaître également [ces] transpositions gestuelles des guillemets, qui visent à reproduire la forme double des marques typographiques dans les airs (d'où le terme «air quotes», en anglais). Équivalents de la locution «entre guillemets» [...], ils fonctionnent ainsi soit de manière autonome (sans autre mention), soit en renfort d'une verbalisation, voire d'une intonation appuyée.

Spanish

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