diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mojang/brigadier/CommandDispatcher.java b/src/main/java/com/mojang/brigadier/CommandDispatcher.java
index bee21f5..aab12a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mojang/brigadier/CommandDispatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mojang/brigadier/CommandDispatcher.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public class CommandDispatcher<S> {
     public static final ParameterizedCommandExceptionType ERROR_UNKNOWN_ARGUMENT = new ParameterizedCommandExceptionType("command.unknown.argument", "Incorrect argument for command, couldn't parse: ${argument}", "argument");
 
     public static final String ARGUMENT_SEPARATOR = " ";
+    public static final char ARGUMENT_SEPARATOR_CHAR = ' ';
     private static final String USAGE_OPTIONAL_OPEN = "[";
     private static final String USAGE_OPTIONAL_CLOSE = "]";
     private static final String USAGE_REQUIRED_OPEN = "(";
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mojang/brigadier/arguments/StringArgumentType.java b/src/main/java/com/mojang/brigadier/arguments/StringArgumentType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb170d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mojang/brigadier/arguments/StringArgumentType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+package com.mojang.brigadier.arguments;
+
+import com.mojang.brigadier.CommandDispatcher;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.context.CommandContext;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.context.FixedParsedArgument;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.context.ParsedArgument;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.CommandException;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.ParameterizedCommandExceptionType;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.SimpleCommandExceptionType;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class StringArgumentType implements CommandArgumentType<String> {
+    public static final ParameterizedCommandExceptionType ERROR_INVALID_ESCAPE = new ParameterizedCommandExceptionType("argument.string.escape.invalid", "Unknown or invalid escape sequence: ${input}", "input");
+    public static final SimpleCommandExceptionType ERROR_UNEXPECTED_ESCAPE = new SimpleCommandExceptionType("argument.string.escape.unexpected", "Unexpected escape sequence, please quote the whole argument");
+    public static final SimpleCommandExceptionType ERROR_UNEXPECTED_START_OF_QUOTE = new SimpleCommandExceptionType("argument.string.quote.unexpected_start", "Unexpected start-of-quote character (\"), please quote the whole argument");
+    public static final SimpleCommandExceptionType ERROR_UNEXPECTED_END_OF_QUOTE = new SimpleCommandExceptionType("argument.string.quote.unexpected_end", "Unexpected end-of-quote character (\"), it must be at the end or followed by a space (' ') for the next argument");
+    public static final SimpleCommandExceptionType ERROR_EXPECTED_END_OF_QUOTE = new SimpleCommandExceptionType("argument.string.quote.expected_end", "Expected end-of-quote character (\") but found no more input");
+    private final StringType type;
+
+    private StringArgumentType(StringType type) {
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    public static StringArgumentType word() {
+        return new StringArgumentType(StringType.SINGLE_WORLD);
+    }
+
+    public static StringArgumentType string() {
+        return new StringArgumentType(StringType.QUOTABLE_PHRASE);
+    }
+
+    public static StringArgumentType greedyString() {
+        return new StringArgumentType(StringType.GREEDY_PHRASE);
+    }
+
+    public static String getString(CommandContext<?> context, String name) {
+        return context.getArgument(name, String.class);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ParsedArgument<String> parse(String command) throws CommandException {
+        if (type == StringType.GREEDY_PHRASE) {
+            return new FixedParsedArgument<>(command, command);
+        } else if (type == StringType.SINGLE_WORLD) {
+            int index = command.indexOf(CommandDispatcher.ARGUMENT_SEPARATOR);
+            if (index > 0) {
+                final String word = command.substring(0, index);
+                return new FixedParsedArgument<>(word, word);
+            } else {
+                return new FixedParsedArgument<>(command, command);
+            }
+        } else {
+            StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
+            int i = 0;
+            boolean escaped = false;
+            boolean quoted = false;
+            while (i < command.length()) {
+                char c = command.charAt(i);
+                if (escaped) {
+                    if (c == '"' || c == '\\') {
+                        result.append(c);
+                    } else {
+                        throw ERROR_INVALID_ESCAPE.create("\\" + c);
+                    }
+                    escaped = false;
+                } else if (c == '\\') {
+                    if (quoted) {
+                        escaped = true;
+                    } else {
+                        throw ERROR_UNEXPECTED_ESCAPE.create();
+                    }
+                } else if (c == '"') {
+                    if (i == 0) {
+                        quoted = true;
+                    } else if (!quoted) {
+                        throw ERROR_UNEXPECTED_START_OF_QUOTE.create();
+                    } else if (i == command.length() - 1 || command.charAt(i + 1) == CommandDispatcher.ARGUMENT_SEPARATOR_CHAR) {
+                        i++;
+                        break;
+                    } else {
+                        throw ERROR_UNEXPECTED_END_OF_QUOTE.create();
+                    }
+                } else if (!quoted && c == CommandDispatcher.ARGUMENT_SEPARATOR_CHAR) {
+                    break;
+                } else if (quoted && i == command.length() - 1) {
+                    throw ERROR_EXPECTED_END_OF_QUOTE.create();
+                } else {
+                    result.append(c);
+                }
+
+                i++;
+            }
+            return new FixedParsedArgument<>(command.substring(0, i), result.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void listSuggestions(String command, Set<String> output) {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "string()";
+    }
+
+    public static String escapeIfRequired(String input) {
+        if (input.contains("\\") || input.contains("\"") || input.contains(CommandDispatcher.ARGUMENT_SEPARATOR)) {
+            return escape(input);
+        }
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    private static String escape(String input) {
+        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder("\"");
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
+            final char c = input.charAt(i);
+            if (c == '\\' || c == '"') {
+                result.append('\\');
+            }
+            result.append(c);
+        }
+
+        result.append("\"");
+        return result.toString();
+    }
+
+    public enum StringType {
+        SINGLE_WORLD,
+        QUOTABLE_PHRASE,
+        GREEDY_PHRASE,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/mojang/brigadier/arguments/StringArgumentTypeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/mojang/brigadier/arguments/StringArgumentTypeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bead93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/mojang/brigadier/arguments/StringArgumentTypeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+package com.mojang.brigadier.arguments;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.context.ParsedArgument;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.exceptions.CommandException;
+import com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.ComponentEx;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType.ERROR_EXPECTED_END_OF_QUOTE;
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType.ERROR_INVALID_ESCAPE;
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType.ERROR_UNEXPECTED_END_OF_QUOTE;
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType.ERROR_UNEXPECTED_ESCAPE;
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType.ERROR_UNEXPECTED_START_OF_QUOTE;
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType.escapeIfRequired;
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType.greedyString;
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType.string;
+import static com.mojang.brigadier.arguments.StringArgumentType.word;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.empty;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasToString;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+public class StringArgumentTypeTest {
+    private StringArgumentType type;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseWord() throws Exception {
+        type = word();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("hello world");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is("hello"));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is("hello"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseWord_empty() throws Exception {
+        type = word();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is(""));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is(""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseWord_simple() throws Exception {
+        type = word();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("hello");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is("hello"));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is("hello"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseString() throws Exception {
+        type = string();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("hello world");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is("hello"));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is("hello"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseGreedyString() throws Exception {
+        type = greedyString();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("hello world");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is("hello world"));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is("hello world"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParse() throws Exception {
+        type = string();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("hello");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is("hello"));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is("hello"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseWordQuoted() throws Exception {
+        type = word();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("\"hello \\\" world\"");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is("\"hello"));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is("\"hello"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseQuoted() throws Exception {
+        type = string();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("\"hello \\\" world\"");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is("\"hello \\\" world\""));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is("hello \" world"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseQuotedWithRemaining() throws Exception {
+        type = string();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("\"hello \\\" world\" with remaining");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is("\"hello \\\" world\""));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is("hello \" world"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseNotQuoted() throws Exception {
+        type = string();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("hello world");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is("hello"));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is("hello"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseInvalidQuote_earlyUnquote() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            type = string();
+            type.parse("\"hello \"world");
+            fail();
+        } catch (CommandException e) {
+            assertThat(e.getType(), is(ERROR_UNEXPECTED_END_OF_QUOTE));
+            assertThat(e.getData(), is(equalTo(Collections.emptyMap())));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseQuote_earlyUnquoteWithRemaining() throws Exception {
+        type = string();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("\"hello\" world");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is("\"hello\""));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is("hello"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseInvalidQuote_lateQuote() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            type = string();
+            type.parse("hello\" world\"");
+            fail();
+        } catch (CommandException e) {
+            assertThat(e.getType(), is(ERROR_UNEXPECTED_START_OF_QUOTE));
+            assertThat(e.getData(), is(equalTo(Collections.emptyMap())));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseQuote_lateQuoteWithRemaining() throws Exception {
+        type = string();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("hello \"world\"");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is("hello"));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is("hello"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseInvalidQuote_middleQuote() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            type = string();
+            type.parse("hel\"lo");
+            fail();
+        } catch (CommandException e) {
+            assertThat(e.getType(), is(ERROR_UNEXPECTED_START_OF_QUOTE));
+            assertThat(e.getData(), is(equalTo(Collections.emptyMap())));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseInvalidQuote_noUnquote() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            type = string();
+            type.parse("\"hello world");
+            fail();
+        } catch (CommandException e) {
+            assertThat(e.getType(), is(ERROR_EXPECTED_END_OF_QUOTE));
+            assertThat(e.getData(), is(equalTo(Collections.emptyMap())));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseEmpty() throws Exception {
+        type = string();
+        ParsedArgument<String> result = type.parse("");
+
+        assertThat(result.getRaw(), is(""));
+        assertThat(result.getResult(), is(""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseInvalidEscape_onlyEscape() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            type = string();
+            type.parse("\\");
+            fail();
+        } catch (CommandException e) {
+            assertThat(e.getType(), is(ERROR_UNEXPECTED_ESCAPE));
+            assertThat(e.getData(), is(equalTo(Collections.emptyMap())));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseInvalidEscape_unknownSequence() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            type = string();
+            type.parse("\"\\n\"");
+            fail();
+        } catch (CommandException e) {
+            assertThat(e.getType(), is(ERROR_INVALID_ESCAPE));
+            assertThat(e.getData(), is(equalTo(Collections.singletonMap("input", "\\n"))));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testParseInvalidEscape_notQuoted() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            type = string();
+            type.parse("hel\\\\o");
+            fail();
+        } catch (CommandException e) {
+            assertThat(e.getType(), is(ERROR_UNEXPECTED_ESCAPE));
+            assertThat(e.getData(), is(equalTo(Collections.emptyMap())));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSuggestions() throws Exception {
+        type = string();
+        Set<String> set = Sets.newHashSet();
+        type.listSuggestions("", set);
+        assertThat(set, is(empty()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testToString() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(string(), hasToString("string()"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEscapeIfRequired_notRequired() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(escapeIfRequired("hello!"), is(equalTo("hello!")));
+        assertThat(escapeIfRequired(""), is(equalTo("")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEscapeIfRequired_multipleWords() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(escapeIfRequired("hello world"), is(equalTo("\"hello world\"")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEscapeIfRequired_quote() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(escapeIfRequired("hello \"world\"!"), is(equalTo("\"hello \\\"world\\\"!\"")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEscapeIfRequired_escapes() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(escapeIfRequired("\\"), is(equalTo("\"\\\\\"")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEscapeIfRequired_singleQuote() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(escapeIfRequired("\""), is(equalTo("\"\\\"\"")));
+    }
+}
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