When would you use the volitional form with なんて?


Why is the volitional form being used here?

荒地{あれち}の魔女{まじょ}に張{は}りあおうなんて いい度胸{どきょう}ね (Source: Howl's Moving Castle)

Is it that なんて is functioning as a kind of quotation particle here as well as
its more usual part as a nominaliser?

I say that because Maggie Sensei wrote something quite far down in her article
on using なんて that it can operate in this role as well sometimes. I've not come
across any other sources referring to this, though.

So effectively, in as direct a translation as I can muster, what is being said
is: "to say that you will compete with the witch of the wastelands - you have
some nerve!"




I don't have enough reputation to comment yet, so I'll just leave this here
instead. I think [this
post](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/421/usage-
of-%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93%E3%81%A6-and-%E3%81%AA%E3%82%93%E3%81%8B-as-emphasis)
will probably answer your question. なんて is being used for emphasis here.

