Pause and effect : an introduction to the history of punctuation in the West / M.B. Parkes.

"Over the centuries punctuation has become an essential component of written language. Its primary function is to resolve structural uncertainties in a text, and to signal nuances of semantic significance. The importance of the study of punctuation to a number of disciplines will be widely reco...

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Main Author: Parkes, M. B. (Malcolm Beckwith)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
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505 0 |a Principal Abbreviations and Conventions -- I. Pause: Symbols as Notation -- 1. Antiquity: Aids for Inexperienced Readers and the Prehistory of Punctuation -- 2. Changing Attitudes to the Written Word: Components in a 'Grammar of Legibility' -- 3. Carolingian Renovatio: Augmenting Old Notation with New Symbols -- 4. The Requirements of Public Worship -- 5. The Development of the General Repertory of Punctuation -- 6. The Technology of Printing and the Stabilization of the Symbols -- II. Effect: Symbols as Signs -- 7. Influences on the Application of Punctuation -- Antiquity; the Analysis of Texts and the Application of Pauses -- Modes of Punctuation -- Exegesis and the Interpretation of the Message of a Text -- Public Worship and Aural Responses to the Written Word -- The Influence of Scholastic Modes of Thought and Expression -- The Punctuation of the Humanists -- The Impact of Printing: a Precarious Balance between Logical and Rhetorical Analysis -- The Mimetic Ambitions of the Novelist and the Exploitation of the Pragmatics of the Written Medium -- 8. The Layout and Punctuation of Verse -- III. Plates and Commentaries -- IV. Glossary, Indexes and Lists -- Select Glossary of Technical Terms and Punctuation Symbols -- Index of Authors cited and Extracts quoted to Illustrate the Use of Punctuation or Layout -- Index of Manuscripts cited -- Select List of Printed Works cited. 
520 1 |a "Over the centuries punctuation has become an essential component of written language. Its primary function is to resolve structural uncertainties in a text, and to signal nuances of semantic significance. The importance of the study of punctuation to a number of disciplines will be widely recognised as a result of the publication of this first definitive history." "The first part of Pause and Effect identifies the graphic symbols and deals with their history. It covers the antecedents of the repertory of symbols, as well as the ways in which the repertory was refined and augmented with new symbols to meet changing requirements. The second part offers a short general account of the principal influences which have contributed to the ways in which the symbols have been applied in texts, focusing on the evidence of the practice itself rather than on theorists. The treatment enables the reader to compare usages in different periods, and to isolate the principles which underlie the use of punctuation in all periods." "The examples and plates which are at the core of the book provide the reader with an opportunity to test the author's observations. The examples are taken from a wide range of literary texts from different periods and languages. Latin texts are accompanied by English translations intended to illustrate the use of punctuation in the originals in so far as this is possible.". 
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