Making a Point - 9781250060419
Un libro in lingua di David Crystal edito da St Martins Pr, 2015
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The triumphant concluding volume in David Crystal's classic trilogy on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a complete guide on how to use it. Behind every punctuation mark lies a thousand stories. The punctuation of English, marked with occasional rationality, is founded on arbitrariness and littered with oddities. For a system of a few dozen marks it generates a disproportionate degree of uncertainty and passion, inspiring organizations like the Apostrophe Protection Society and sending enthusiasts, correction-pens in hand, in a crusade against error across the United States. Professor Crystal leads us through this minefield with characteristic wit, clarity, and commonsense. In David Crystal'sMaking a Point, he gives a fascinating account of the origin and progress of every kind of punctuation mark over one and a half millennia and offers sound advice on how punctuation may be used to meet the needs of every occasion and context.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Making a Point
- Sottotitolo: The Persnickety Story of English Punctuation
- Lingua: English
- Autore: David Crystal
- Editore: St Martins Pr
- Collana: St Martins Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 06 Ottobre '15
- Genere: LANGUAGE ARTS and DISCIPLINES
- Pagine: 378
- Dimensioni mm: 209 x 139 x 0
- ISBN-10: 1250060419
- EAN-13: 9781250060419