Punctuation in Context - Past and Present Perspectives
| Author | : International Pragmatics Association. Conference |
| Publisher | : Linguistic Insights |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| ISBN-10 | : 3034337906 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9783034337908 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (908 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Punctuation in Context - Past and Present Perspectives by : International Pragmatics Association. Conference
Download or read book Punctuation in Context - Past and Present Perspectives written by International Pragmatics Association. Conference and published by Linguistic Insights. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book showcases grammatical, pragmatic, and stylistic functions of punctuation, and shows how punctuation can encode emotion, metalinguistic marking, foregrounding and paralinguistic indications. It also highlights the sensibility of punctuation to genre and the speech-writing continuum, and shows how punctuation conventions change in time.