マタ引き

English translation: a quote from a secondary source

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Japanese term or phrase:マタ引き
English translation:a quote from a secondary source

02:12 Apr 8, 2018
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Japanese term or phrase: マタ引き
I am guessing this is 'extract' for a quote from a book but have not been able to confirm. Any ideas?
David Harvey
Australia
Local time: 05:20
a quote from a secondary source
Explanation:
I had never heard of the expression but マタ probably means 又. I assume it means the quote is taken not directly from a primary source but from another source where the said quote is quoted.
If a book says "Mr. X said '....' ", and if you quote Mr.X from the book, then it is マタ引き.
https://guides.library.harvard.edu/HistSciInfo/secondary

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Note added at 1 hr (2018-04-08 03:18:36 GMT)
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The author may have mixed up with 孫引き(まごびき).
https://kotobank.jp/word/孫引き-633975
The link below shows an example where 又引き is used where it should have been 孫引き.
http://tondemonai2.blog114.fc2.com/blog-entry-473.html#more
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Port City
New Zealand
Grading comment
This fits the context and is more accurate than 'extract' since the term was being used to refer to a quote by someone in a book authored by another person.
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a quote from a secondary source


Explanation:
I had never heard of the expression but マタ probably means 又. I assume it means the quote is taken not directly from a primary source but from another source where the said quote is quoted.
If a book says "Mr. X said '....' ", and if you quote Mr.X from the book, then it is マタ引き.
https://guides.library.harvard.edu/HistSciInfo/secondary

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Note added at 1 hr (2018-04-08 03:18:36 GMT)
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The author may have mixed up with 孫引き(まごびき).
https://kotobank.jp/word/孫引き-633975
The link below shows an example where 又引き is used where it should have been 孫引き.
http://tondemonai2.blog114.fc2.com/blog-entry-473.html#more

Port City
New Zealand
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Grading comment
This fits the context and is more accurate than 'extract' since the term was being used to refer to a quote by someone in a book authored by another person.
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