Punctuation as a means of medium-dependent presentation structure in English : exploring the guide functions of punctuation / Sebastian Patt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patt, Sebastian, author.

Series:

Language in performance ; 0939-9399 47.

Language in performance, 0939-9399 ; 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Punctuation.

English language.

Physical Description:

x, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG, [2013]

Contents:

Linguistic description, presentation structure and the status of punctuation

Issues of linguistic description

Medium-transferability and the linguistic sign

Decoding linguistic utterances : a 'three-channel approach'

Linguistic description : distinctive units of analysis

Overview

The medium-independent expression system

The medium-dependent expression systems of speech and writing

Presentation structure

Medium-independent choices

Choices which do not influence directly the structure of clause complexes

Choices which influence directly the structure of clause complexes

Medium-dependent choices

Medium-dependent spoken choices

Medium-dependent written choices

Verbal and nonverbal information : punctuation from a semiotic perspective

Verbal and nonverbal information

Punctuation marks as indices

Determining the communitative value of punctuation

Punctuation in a model of verbal and nonverbal information

A short diachronic view on punctuation

Forerunners of punctuation

Punctuation in old and middle english

Punctuation and the Orthographie sentence

The structure of written text : the script unit model

The relationship of orthographic sentence and clause complex

The level of parasyntax

The script unit

Elements of punctuation in present-day english

Defining punctuation

Non-alphanumeric characters

As part of orthographie word-forms

Creating punctuation units

Terminal period (or full stop)

Question mark and exclamation mark

Semicolon and colon

Comma

Dash and parentheses

Quotation marks

The dual function of punctuation marks : separation and specification

Collecting data to account for the communicative value of punctuation

Exploring the guide functions of punctuation

General punctuation principles

Punctuation as a style marker

Indicating dimensions of linguistic variation

Divided usage

Obligatory sentence-internal punctuation

Cases of structural opacity

Cases of intervening syntactic material

Punctuation and structural integrity

Punctuation in context

Punctuation at word-level

Disambiguation

Intensity of effect

Punctuation units and syntax

Coordinated constituents

Syndetic coordination

Asyndetic coordination

Restrictive and non-restrictive modifiers

Relative clause

Apposition

Adverbials

Adjunct

Disjunct

Conjunct

Disambiguation of medium-independent structures

The linguistic function of punctuation

Parsing strategies

Punctuation as a guide to ambiguous medium-independent structures : some examples

Punctuation units and text

Punctuational variability

Light and heavy punctuation

Punctuation as an indicator of sub- and superordinate boundaries

Deviant punctuation

The specifying function of punctuation

Punctuation as a marker of separative force

Punctuation and discourse structure

The guide functions of punctuation : theoretical and functional Synopsis

Synopsis I : theoretical insights

Synopsis II : functional insights

Punctuation as a paralinguistic device : guide functions 1 to 8 (GF 1-8)

Reducing cognitive complexity (GF 1-4)

Guide function 1 (GF 1)

Guide function 2 (GF 2)

Guide function 3 (GF 3)

Guide function 4 (GF 4)

Contributing to the conceptualisation of a piece of writing (GF 5-8)

Guide function 5 (GF 5)

Guide function 6 (GF 6)

Guide function 7 (GF 7)

Guide function 8 (GF 8)

Punctuation as a linguistic device : guide function 9 (GF9)

Conclusion : punctuation and the reader

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783823367536

3823367536

OCLC:

843863667