Return the quotes property:
alert(document.getElementById("myQ").style.quotes);
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p><q id="myQ" style="quotes:'\00ab' '\00bb';">This is a quote.</q></p> <button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">Return quotation marks</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {// www. j av a 2 s . co m document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = document.getElementById("myQ").style.quotes; } </script> </body> </html>