scare quotes という用語は、イギリスの哲学者エリザベス・アンスコムが、1956年に哲学の論文誌『マインド(英語版)』に寄稿した "Aristotle and the Sea Battle"(アリストテレスと海戦)という題名のエッセイで約物に言及する際に作り出したものである[7]。皮肉や疑わしさを示す表現に何らかの記号を使用することは、はるか昔にまで遡る。古代ギリシャでは、その目的のためにdiple periestigmeneという記号(">"の上下に点を打った記号)が使用された[8]。1990年代から、皮肉の引用符の使用が急に非常に広まった[9][10][11]。特に、ポストモダンの作家たちは、皮肉の引用符を含む括弧の使用法について理論立てをし、著作で頻繁に使用することの理由とした[2][12]。
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^Anscombe, G. E. M. (1 January 1956). “I.--Aristotle And The Sea Battle”. Mind: A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy65 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1093/mind/65.1.1. JSTOR2251218.
^Finnegan, Ruth. Why Do We Quote?: The Culture and History of Quotation. Open Book Publishers (2011). ISBN9781906924331. p. 86.
^ abHaack, Susan, editor. Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate: Unfashionable Essays. University of Chicago Press (2000) ISBN9780226311371, page 202.
^Perlman, Merrill. "'Scare' Tactics". Columbia Journalism Review. 28 January 2013.
^* Nash, Christopher. The Unravelling of the Postmodern Mind. Edinburgh University Press. (2001) ISBN9780748612154, page 92.
Saguaro, Shelley. Garden Plots: The Politics and Poetics of Gardens. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. (2006) ISBN9780754637530, page 62
Olson, Gary A. Worsham, Lynn. Postmodern Sophistry: Stanley Fish and the Critical Enterprise. SUNY Press (2004) ISBN9780791462133, page 18.
Protevi, John. Time and Exteriority: Aristotle, Heidegger, Derrida. Bucknell University Press (1994), page 120. ISBN9780838752296.
Elmer, Johathan. Reading at the Social Limit: Affect, Mass Culture, and Edgar Allan Poe. Stanford University Press (1995) ISBN9780804725415. page 34.
^Stove, David C. Against the Idols of the Age. Transaction Publishers (1999) ISBN9781412816649 page xxv — xxvi
^ abTrask, Robert Lawrence. Say what You Mean!: A Troubleshooter's Guide to English Style and Usage. David R. Godine Publisher (2005) ISBN9781567922639 page 228
^Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. The Modern Language Association of America (1995) ISBN0-87352-565-5 page 56
^Fogarty, Mignon. The Grammar Devotional: Daily Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl. Macmillan (2009) ISBN9781429964401 page 207
^linguistlaura (2012年6月18日). “'Scare quotes'”. 2012年7月1日時点のオリジナルよりアーカイブ。2020年1月21日閲覧。 “quote: << The 'RF modulator' use is the 'neutral distancing' one on the Wikipedia page (special terminology). >>; note that the reference to "the Wikipedia page" inside that quoted quote, there, is ... apparently intended to direct the reader to [what is now] an old "non-latest" version of the "Scare quotes" article on the English Wikipedia, such as the "oldid=498658294" version, dated "05:52, 21 June 2012" ... when (or, "as of" which) [that version of] the article did contain a section called "Neutral distancing".”
^McArthur, Thomas Burns. McArthur, Roshan. Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. Oxford University Press (2005) ISBN9780192806376
^Davidson, Arnold. I. The Emergence of Sexuality: Historical Epistemology and the Formation of Concepts. Harvard University Press (2004) ISBN9780674013704 page 87 — 88.
^Sharma, Nandita Rani. Home Economics: Nationalism and the Making of 'Migrant Workers' in Canada. University of Toronto Press (2006) ISBN9781551930589 page 169
^Kemp, Gary. What is this thing called Philosophy of Language? Routledge (2013) ISBN9781135084851 page xxii