David Crystal

Making a Point

The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation

证明一个观点：英文标点符号的故事

产品信息

作者： David Crystal

 格式：平装本

出版社： Profile Books

发布日期： 2016年9月1日

版本： 主版

语言： 英语

印刷长度： 400页

ISBN-10： 178125351X

ISBN-13： 978-1781253519

商品重量： 11.6盎司

尺寸： 5.04 x 1.1 x 7.72 英寸

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

这本被《华尔街日报》誉为“引人入胜的标点符号史”的著作，不仅是同类书籍中的开山之作，更是一本关于如何使用英语标点符号的完整指南。

每一个标点符号背后都蕴藏着无数的故事。英语标点符号系统偶尔流露出理性，但其根基却建立在随意性和各种奇特之处之上。尽管只有几十个符号，却引发了不成比例的困惑和热情，催生了诸如撇号保护协会之类的组织，也让那些手持修正笔的爱好者们踏上了一场与错误作斗争的征程。

克里斯特尔教授以其特有的智慧、清晰的思路和常识，带领我们穿越这片雷区。他生动地讲述了过去一千五百年间各种标点符号的起源和发展，并就如何在各种场合和语境下使用标点符号提出了切实可行的建议。

This 'engaging history of punctuation' (Wall Street Journal) is not only the first history of its kind, but a complete guide on how to use English punctuation.

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 organisations like the Apostrophe Protection Society and sending enthusiasts, correction-pens in hand, in a crusade against error.

Professor Crystal leads us through this minefield with characteristic wit, clarity and commonsense. He gives a fascinating account of the origin and progress of every kind of punctuation mark over one and a half millennia, and he offers sound advice on how punctuation may be used to meet the needs of every occasion and context.

作者简介

David Crystal is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. His many books range from clinical linguistics to the liturgy and Shakespeare. He is the author of The Story of English in 100 Words, Spell It Out: The Singular History of English Spelling, and Making a Point: The Pernickety History of English Punctuation, all published by Profile. His Stories of English is a Penguin Classic.

David Crystal是威尔士班戈大学的语言学名誉教授。他的许多著作从临床语言学到礼仪和莎士比亚。他是《 100个单词的英语故事》，《拼写出来：英语拼写的奇异史》和《指出要点：英语标点的永恒历史》一书的作者，这些书均由Profile出版。他的英语故事是企鹅经典。

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