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punctus percontativus

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Japanese Meaning
反転した疑問符(⸮)。 / 外観がアラビア語の疑問符(؟)にほぼ類似している記号。 / ペルコンタティヴ(percontative)文、すなわち皮肉や逆説を含む疑問文の終わりを示す記号。
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その中世の写本には、問いかけ文の終わりを示す稀な逆向き疑問符(⸮)が記されており、その小さな記号は現代の読者を驚かせた。

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A reversed question mark (⸮), visually almost identical to the Arabic question mark (؟ (?)), used to mark the end of a percontative statement; a sarcasm mark.

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punctus percontativus

The medieval manuscript contained a rare punctus percontativus at the end of a rhetorical question, its tiny reversed mark surprising modern readers.

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The medieval manuscript contained a rare punctus percontativus at the end of a rhetorical question, its tiny reversed mark surprising modern readers.

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