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Intonation and the Comma.
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Cruttenden, Alan – Visible Language, 1991
Explores one aspect of the relationship between intonation and punctuation. Outlines the historical development of punctuation, and compares twentieth-century punctuation rules with what is known about the division of connected speech into intonation-groups. Suggests that, where syntactic prescription and intonational usage conflict, a return to…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Higher Education, Intonation, Listening Comprehension
The Adoption of Punctuation in Japanese Script.
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Twine, Nanette – Visible Language, 1984
Examines how, under Western influence, punctuation was adopted in Japanese texts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (FL)
Descriptors: Intellectual History, Japanese, Language Research, Orthographic Symbols