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Pause and Effect - An Introduction to the History of Punctuation in the West (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Pause and Effect - An Introduction to the History of Punctuation in the West (Hardcover, New Ed)
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From its publication in 1992 Pause and Effect has become a
cornerstone of the study of punctuation across the world. Described
as 'magisterial' by Lynne Truss in her best-selling Eats, Shoots
and Leaves, this book has stimulated interest and scholarly debates
among writers, literary critics, philosophers, linguists,
rhetoricians, palaeographers and all those who study the use of
language. To celebrate this extraordinary achievement, Pause and
Effect has been republished in September 2008, coinciding with the
publication of the author's new work, Their Hands Before Our Eyes.
The first part of Pause and Effect identifies the graphic symbols
of punctuation 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 translation intended to illustrate the
use of punctuation in the originals in so far as this is possible.
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