Pause and Effect: An Introduction to the History of Punctuation in the West by M

Description: Pause and Effect by M.B. Parkes Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description 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. Publisher Description In this work the author provides a history of punctuation in the West, identifying some of the broader circumstances which have influenced its development. The first part identifies the graphic symbols, and deals with their history - of the antecedents of the repertory as well as of the ways in which it was refined and augmented with new symbols to meet changing requirements. The symbols themselves underwent modification both to remove graphic ambiguity and to improve characterization, in order to distinguish them from each other and from other marks on a page, which provide apparatus ancillary to interpretation - such as those to indicate deletion or correction, "signes-de-renvoi", construe marks, indexing symbols, or annotation signs. The second part of this book offers a brief general account of the principal influences which have contributed to the ways in which punctuation symbols have been applied in texts.Copies of ancient texts, produced at different times, reveal that criteria for analyzing disocourse already existed in Antiquity and the early Middle Ages; but as the number of different symbols increased, the refinement in the signals provided by punctuation made it possible for a reader to identify more easily the relationships between the elements of a sentence, and to determine the precise function of each of these structures in communicating the sense of a text. This book is based on three assumptions: that punctuation should be studied according to the ways it has been used rather than the ways some have thought it ought to have been used; that the best way to understand usage is to study it historically; and that a general introduction, however ambitious, is needed. By examining the usages of different periods, comparison helps to isolate those principles which underly the use of punctuation in all periods. The process of selecting the materials to illustrate this history begins with an examination of a series of copies of texts made over a period of several centuries; some of these are reproduced in the plates.In order to explain some features of their punctuation it is necessary to widen the range of selection to include contemporary copies of other texts. In this way principles emerge which could then be checked and modified by examining further copies of a much larger number of texts chosen more or less at random. This study fuses historical, linguistic, literary and bibliographic approaches to the transmission and interpretation of all written language. Author Biography M.B. Parkes (1930 - 2103) was Professor Emeritus of Palaeography in the University of Oxford, and Fellow emeritus of Keble College. He was a Senior Fellow of the British Academy, a Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, and had been Visiting Professor at the University of Konstanz (1974 and 1980), James T. Hill Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota (1991), and Visiting Professor of Latin at Harvard University (1997). He is the author of Their Hands Before Our Eyes: A Closer Look at Scribes and his previous publications include English Cursive Book Hands, both also published by Ashgate. Details ISBN 0859677427 ISBN-13 9780859677424 Title Pause and Effect Author M.B. Parkes Format Hardcover Year 1992 Pages 344 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:157989722; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. 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