Punctuation in Context - Past and Present Perspectives Hardback
Edited by Claudia Claridge, Merja Kyto
Part of the Linguistic Insights series
Hardback
Description
Punctuation is an integral element in writing and has been so for centuries.
The present volume brings together approaches in linguistics, stylistics and other fields to highlight the rich repertoire of issues involved in the study of punctuation.
The contributions to the book discuss the grammatical, pragmatic, rhetorical and stylistic functions of punctuation, such as encoding emotion, metalinguistic marking, foregrounding and paralinguistic indication.
They also highlight the sensibility of punctuation to genre and the speech-writing continuum, as well as the important role punctuation plays for reader interpretation.
They further demonstrate how punctuation conventions change in time.
The data is drawn from English, with one investigation devoted to German.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:308 pages, 54 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissensc
- Publication Date:18/12/2019
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- ISBN:9783034337908
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:308 pages, 54 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissensc
- Publication Date:18/12/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9783034337908
