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* Introductory signals are abbreviations to indicate to the reader the type of reference | * Introductory signals are abbreviations to indicate to the reader the type of reference | ||
* Introductory signals | * Introductory signals are written in ''italics'' | ||
* see [https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/bluebook-legal-citation/intro-signals What Are Introductory Signals?] | * see [https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/bluebook-legal-citation/intro-signals What Are Introductory Signals?] | ||
=== '''Supporting signals''' === | |||
* indicate a supporting source | |||
* types: | |||
==== [no signal] ==== | |||
* no signal is used if the citation <u>directly</u> identifies the source or the information or quotation | |||
* i.e, the is no "introduction" to the source | |||
==== ''E.g.'', ==== | |||
* ''exempli gratia'' | |||
* = "good example" | |||
* used to indicate a specific example of the author's point | |||
==== ''Accord'' ==== | |||
==== ''See'' ==== | |||
* tells the reader to go to the source for more information | |||
==== ''See also'' ==== | |||
* indicates a supporting source that also discusses the topic | |||
==== ''Cf''. ==== | |||
* = "compare to" | |||
** indicates that the author's text is similar to or otherwise related to the cited source | |||
=== '''Comparison signals''' === | |||
==== ''Cf.'' ==== | |||
* Cf is generally a "supporting signal," but can be used as a comparison signal if suggesting an analogy | |||
==== ''Compare with'' ==== | |||
* indicates to the reader to see the source in order to compare or related to the source | |||
=== '''Contradictory signals''' === | |||
==== ''Contra'' ==== | |||
* indicates the direct source is a contradiction to the author's text or idea | |||
* = equivalent to the negative [no signal] (direct citation) | |||
==== ''But see'' ==== | |||
* used to indicate a source that contradicts the author's text or idea | |||
==== ''But Cf.'' ==== | |||
* used to indicate a source that provides an analogous contradiction to the author's text or idea | |||
See also [[Latin terms and abbreviations]] entry | |||
[[Category:Language Arts]] | [[Category:Language Arts]] | ||