What is an analogous quote?

What is an analogous quote?

The indirect quotation is a corresponding quotation. This means that you reproduce the content of your source in your own words. You write the text passage that you cite in the indirect speech, i.e. in the subjunctive.

Can you quote footnotes?

In contrast to the German citation method, the footnotes are not used to cite the source, but to provide comments on the text. you can quote footnotes using the German citation method, as this is of course not possible in the text.

What do you write in footnotes?

Footnotes belong to scientific texts. Above all, they serve to prove the sources of direct or indirect quotations. They also have the task of inserting additions that relieve the main text, explanations or comments.

What needs to be given in footnotes?

Since a bibliography is available, a brief reference to the author, title and quoted passage is sufficient in the footnote with regard to the exact bibliographical information. This train of thought leads to the popular “short quotation model”.