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Parkes, Malcolm B., Pause and effect: an introduction to the history of punctuation in the West, Aldershot, Scolar Press, 1992, xvi + 327 pp.
- Resum
- A history of punctuation in the West which identifies some of the broader circumstances which the author believes have influenced development. The first part identifies the graphic symbols, and deals with their history. The second part is a general account of the main influences on their use.
Contents:
* Principal abbreviations and conventions
* Introduction
-- Pause: symbols as notation
* Antiquity: aids for inexperienced readers and the prehistory of punctuation
* Changing attitudes to the written word: components in a "Grammar of legibility"
* Carolingian Renovatio: augmenting old notation with new symbols
* The requirements of public worship
* The development of the general repertory of punctuation
* The technology or printing and the stabilization of the symbols
-- II. Effect: symbols as signs
* Influences on the application of punctuation
* The layout and punctuation of verse
-- III. Plates and commentaries
-- IV. Glossary, indexes and lists
- Matèries
- Paleografia
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