Punctuation as a means of medium-dependent presentation structure in English
Subtitle: exploring the guide functions of punctuation
By: Sebastian Patt
Series: Language in performance -- 47; Language in performance -- 47.
Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9783823367536
Subjects: English language; Punctuation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Linguistic description, presentation structure and the status of punctuation --; title: Issues of linguistic description --; title: Medium-transferability and the linguistic sign --; title: Decoding linguistic utterances : a 'three-channel approach' --; title: Linguistic description : distinctive units of analysis --; title: Overview --; title: The medium-independent expression system --; title: The medium-dependent expression systems of speech and writing --; title: Presentation structure --; title: Medium-independent choices --; title: Choices which do not influence directly the structure of clause complexes --; title: Choices which influence directly the structure of clause complexes --; title: Medium-dependent choices --; title: Medium-dependent spoken choices --; title: Medium-dependent written choices --; title: Verbal and nonverbal information : punctuation from a semiotic perspective --; title: Verbal and nonverbal information --; title: Punctuation marks as indices --; title: Determining the communitative value of punctuation --; title: Punctuation in a model of verbal and nonverbal information --; title: A short diachronic view on punctuation --; title: Forerunners of punctuation --; title: Punctuation in old and middle english --; title: Punctuation and the Orthographie sentence --; title: The structure of written text : the script unit model --; title: The relationship of orthographic sentence and clause complex --; title: The level of parasyntax --; title: The script unit --; title: Elements of punctuation in present-day english --; title: Defining punctuation --; title: Non-alphanumeric characters --; title: As part of orthographie word-forms --; title: Creating punctuation units --; title: Terminal period (or full stop) --; title: Question mark and exclamation mark --; title: Semicolon and colon --; title: Comma --; title: Dash and parentheses --; title: Quotation marks --; title: The dual function of punctuation marks : separation and specification --; title: Collecting data to account for the communicative value of punctuation --; title: Exploring the guide functions of punctuation --; title: General punctuation principles --; title: Punctuation as a style marker --; title: Indicating dimensions of linguistic variation --; title: Divided usage --; title: Obligatory sentence-internal punctuation --; title: Cases of structural opacity --; title: Cases of intervening syntactic material --; title: Punctuation and structural integrity --; title: Punctuation in context --; title: Punctuation at word-level --; title: Disambiguation --; title: Intensity of effect --; title: Punctuation units and syntax --; title: Coordinated constituents --; title: Syndetic coordination --; title: Asyndetic coordination --; title: Restrictive and non-restrictive modifiers --; title: Relative clause --; title: Apposition --; title: Adverbials --; title: Adjunct --; title: Disjunct --; title: Conjunct --; title: Disambiguation of medium-independent structures --; title: The linguistic function of punctuation --; title: Parsing strategies --; title: Punctuation as a guide to ambiguous medium-independent structures : some examples --; title: Punctuation units and text --; title: Punctuational variability --; title: Light and heavy punctuation --; title: Punctuation as an indicator of sub- and superordinate boundaries --; title: Deviant punctuation --; title: The specifying function of punctuation --; title: Punctuation as a marker of separative force --; title: Punctuation and discourse structure --; title: The guide functions of punctuation : theoretical and functional Synopsis --; title: Synopsis I : theoretical insights --; title: Synopsis II : functional insights --; title: Punctuation as a paralinguistic device : guide functions 1 to 8 (GF 1-8) --; title: Reducing cognitive complexity (GF 1-4) --; title: Guide function 1 (GF 1) --; title: Guide function 2 (GF 2) --; title: Guide function 3 (GF 3) --; title: Guide function 4 (GF 4) --; title: Contributing to the conceptualisation of a piece of writing (GF 5-8) --; title: Guide function 5 (GF 5) --; title: Guide function 6 (GF 6) --; title: Guide function 7 (GF 7) --; title: Guide function 8 (GF 8) --; title: Punctuation as a linguistic device : guide function 9 (GF9) --; title: Conclusion : punctuation and the reader ---- References-- Index.