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T1 General Patterns of Punctuation in the Paston Letters
T2 Patrones generales de puntuación en las Paston Letters
A1 Calle-Martín, Javier
A1 Thaisen, Jacob
K1 Paston Letters
K1 grammatical punctuation
K1 rhetorical punctuation
K1 punctus
K1 virgule
AB The late Middle Ages saw a proliferation in the number of marks of punctuation as a resultof the development of cursive hands and scripts. While the punctus had been the principalmark used in the Anglo-Saxon period, other marks like the paragraphus, the virgule, theperioslash and the hyphen were progressively incorporated into the repertoire of punctua-tion. The inventory of marks and their functions settled over time, but it was not until theseventeenth century when we find the early symptoms of normalization (Calle-Martín forth-coming). Even though some recent studies have focused on the analysis of the punctuationsystem deployed in different text types–literary, scientific and legal material in particular–,letters have, however, not been the focus of these studies. This paper therefore analyses whatmarks are present in the Paston Letters and what their functions are. Particular attention ispaid to the punctus and the virgule as marks with overlapping uses in the period.
PB Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de La Laguna
SN e-2530-8335
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/34488
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/34488
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 11-may-2024