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Pause and Effect: Punctuation in the West
M. B. Parkes
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| #4072145 in Books | 1993-02-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .91 x8.91 x11.16l, | File type: PDF | 400 pages||8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| Where did our punctuation marks come from?|By Mark Howells|The ancient Greeks and Romans wrote without punctuation to interrupt their texts. That was left to the reader to interpret the places to pause, stop, or otherwise divide the text. As Latin grew to be a second language in the Middle Ages, scribes began to give their readers more assistance in interpretation - thu|About the Author|
M. B. Parkes is Fellow of Keble College and Lecturer in Palaeography, Oxford University. He is the author of English Cursive Book Hands 1250-1500 (California, 1980).
We often take punctuation for granted, but its evolution has been largely responsible for our ability to communicate meaning and convey emphasis with the written word. Believing that the best way to understand usage is to study it historically, Parkes focuses on how marks have actually been used. He cites examples from a wide range of literary texts from different periods and languages; the examples and plates also provide the reader with an opportunity to test Park...
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