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Mulvey, Christopher. "The English Project's History of English Punctuation." English Today 32, no. 3 (April 27, 2016): 45–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266078416000110.

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The mission of the English Project (www.englishproject.org) is to explore and explain the English language in order to educate and entertain the English speaker, and 2015 was the year of punctuation for the Project because 6 February 2015 was the 500th anniversary of the death of Aldus Manutius. Aldus was a Venetian printer who shaped the comma, invented the semicolon and created italic fonts. He may have been the greatest punctuator of all time. We ‘punctuated’ the year by looking in turn at the full stop, the semicolon, the colon, the comma, the slash, the hyphen, the parenthesis, the exclamation, the apostrophe, the quotation mark and the question mark. Those twelve provide the fundamentals of English language punctuation, and all of them do more than one job. If we had a complete and unambiguous set of punctuation marks, we might need as many as 50, but the writing world does not want the trouble of such precision. In just same way, the writing world has never accepted the need for 44 separate letters to match the 44 separate sounds of the English language. Providing a separate grapheme (letter) for every phoneme (sound) is the linguist's business. Punctuation marks are ambiguous therefore. They suggest rather than define. They rely on context and the quick wittedness of the reader. If precision is needed, there are proofreader's marks. Merriam-Webster lists 42 of them, but proofreading is a special practice. Punctuation marks are a special set of symbols, and of symbols and signs there is no end. Punctuation marks are regularly appropriated by the devisers of computer languages. Punctuation marks can become logotypes – ‘a single piece of type that prints a word’. The exclamation mark can be made to work like &, $, or @. There are fuzzy edges to the subject of punctuation.

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Rhodes, Neil. "Punctuation as Rhetorical Notation? From Colon to Semicolon." Huntington Library Quarterly 82, no. 1 (2019): 87–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hlq.2019.0004.

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Lupo, James, and Richard E. Kopelman. "Punctuation and publishability: A reexamination of the colon." American Psychologist 42, no. 5 (1987): 513. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.42.5.513.a.

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Shiyab, Said. "The Pragmatics of Punctuation and Its Problematic Nature in Translation." Babel. Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation 46, no. 2 (December 31, 2000): 112–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/babel.46.2.03shi.

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This article attempts to describe some of the pragmatic and semantic functions of two important punctuation marks. These are the semicolon (;) and the colon (:). The reason for this description is that no studies have provided a detailed description of the pragmatic and semantic functions of these marks. These marks are mostly used in Arabic for intonational or decorative purposes. It was found that the system of punctuation marks in Arabic is inadequate as it does not specify rules for using them. However, in this study, it was found that the punctuation marks have linguistic implications that are not recognized by linguists nor by translators. The implications discussed here are the emphatic, additive, contrastive, and substantiative functions.This article attempts to describe some of the pragmatic and semantic functions of two important punctuation marks. These are the semicolon (;) and the colon (:). The reason for this description is that no studies have provided a detailed description of the pragmatic and semantic functions of these marks. These marks are mostly used in Arabic for intonational or decorative purposes. It was found that the system of punctuation marks in Arabic is inadequate as it does not specify rules for using them. However, in this study, it was found that the punctuation marks have linguistic implications that are not recognized by linguists nor by translators. The implications discussed here are the emphatic, additive, contrastive, and substantiative functions.

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Bystrova-Mcintyre, Tatyana. "Looking at the overlooked: A corpora study of punctuation use in Russian and English1." Translation and Interpreting Studies 2, no. 1 (January 1, 2007): 137–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/tis.2.1.04bys.

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This study was designed to analyze the comparative use of punctuation marks in Russian and English newspaper editorials. The study was conducted using corpora of English-language editorials, taken from the New York Times in 2005, and of Russian-language editorials, taken from Izvestiia in the same year. Results indicated that the comma, colon, and the em-dash were used more often in the Russian corpus. The difference was determined to be statistically significant. The author then compared these results to the results of punctuation use in corpora of Russian and English literary texts. Again these punctuation marks were used more frequently in the Russian literary corpus than in the English one. At the same time, in both the Russian and English literary corpora these marks were used much more frequently than in the corpora of Russian and English editorials. In the second part of the article, the author attempts to isolate the reasons for the discrepancy in use of the colon by examining rules for its use as elaborated in authoritative Russian and English style guides. On the basis of this, the author suggests guidelines for the translation of the colon into English.

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Tutak, Kinga. "O dwukropku w dawnym piśmiennictwie użytkowym (na przykładzie traktatów stawiarskich Olbrychta Strumieńskiego i Stanisława Strojnowskiego)." LingVaria 13, no. 26 (November 16, 2018): 141–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.12797/lv.13.2018.26.10.

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On the Use of Colon in Old Utalitarian Literature (Using the Example of Olbrycht Strumieński and Stanisław Strojnowski’s Treatises on Ponds)The aim of this paper is to present a description of the appearance of the colon with respect to its lexical and syntactic surroundings. Following the example of the authors of prescriptive works on punctuation, attention has been paid to both right- and left-hand context in which the colon is used. Also, examples in which the colon is the only indicator of the relation between segments of the text, have been made note of. The analysis is based on works by Olbrycht Strumieński (1573) and Stanisław Strojnowski (1609, 1636) which represent utalitarian literature, devoted to the problems of pond management.

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Lindia, Matthew S. "Colon. Hyphen. Closed parenthesis. Formal causes of figure and ground in punctuation and writing." Explorations in Media Ecology 17, no. 4 (December 1, 2018): 393–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/eme.17.4.393_1.

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The question of causality in the invention of the alphabet has long eluded the theories of media scholars and linguists alike. In spite of the attention to the effects of the alphabet and literacy within the tradition of media ecology, not much work exists tracing the effects back to the causes and explaining why the alphabet emerged in the first place. By applying the principles of McLuhan’s understanding of Aristotle’s notion of formal cause, the author approaches the invention of the alphabet as a grammatical step in the evolution of written language. Most simply, this article proposes that the development of alphabetic writing was required as an unintended consequence of writing via inscription on clay and stone tablets (as opposed to writing via application on paper, papyrus or bamboo). The author then situates this claim within the broader context of the evolution of grammar and punctuation, demonstrating that the figure of writing and grammar has shifted and evolved notably with every transition of a new medium on which words are fixed, even up through the electric and digital ages. Finally, this article situates the evolution of emoji within the context of grammatical evolution, and not, as some have asserted, as the return to pictographic language.

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Dohun Kim. "Comparison of English and Korean Punctuation: English Colon and Dash, and ‟Equivalent Marks” in Korean." English21 23, no. 1 (March 2010): 147–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.35771/engdoi.2010.23.1.007.

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Adekola, B. Oluwakemi, and Oluseun Fatai Lawal. "Assessing Punctuation Errors Made by Secondary School Students in English Language Comprehension in Ogun State, Nigeria." International Journal of English Language Teaching 4, no. 2 (July 25, 2017): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijelt.v4n2p39.

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This study assessed the errors in English comprehension by Senior Secondary School Students. Errors in Englishpunctuation in this study were categorized as mechanical errors in comprehension with particular emphasis onpunctuation marks and spelling. This study adopted a descriptive research design of ex-post-facto type. The targetgroups for the study were Ogun State Secondary Schools in Nigeria. The samples were drawn from four (4)geo-political zones in Ogun State of Nigeria (Ijebu, Remo, Yewa and Egba). Multi-stage stratified samplingtechnique was used to select five co-educational Secondary Schools from the four geo-political zones. Five schoolswere selected with fifty (50) Secondary Students III (SSS 3) per school totaling two hundred and fifty (250) male andfemale students in each of the divisions. Two instruments, Errors in English Language Comprehension (EELC), andan achievement test in English Language Punctuation (ATELP) were used to collect data from the one thousand(1000) students who were randomly sampled as participants. The validity and reliability of the instrument weredetermined by trial testing. The data were subjected to Chi-square, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and PearsonProduct Moment Correlation coefficient. The data were tested for significance at the 0.05 level. Based on thefindings, it was detected that students made more errors in punctuation than in spellings. This could be attributed tolack of knowledge and understanding of common mistakes made in English. Part of the recommendations made wasthat; teachers should concentrate on areas of difficulties such as comma, colon and semi-colon for students.

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Kim, Mi-kyong. ""A Comparative Study of Punctuation in Chinese and Korean - Focusing on Chinese Colon and its Korean Equivalent"." JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES STUDIES 120 (September 30, 2020): 269–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.46346/tjhs.120..10.

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Books on the topic "Colon (Punctuation)"

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Lynette, Rachel. Super colon saves the day! Mankato, MN: Childs World, 2013.

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Il senso della punteggiatura nel testo: Analisi del punto e dei due punti in prospettiva testuale. Firenze: F. Cesati, 2011.

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Trent University. Academic Skills Centre., ed. Powerful punctuation: A handbook on commas, semi-colons, colons and dashes. Peterborough, Ont: Academic Skills Centre, Trent University, 2001.

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Maggie, Raynor, ed. Colin Comma. London: Compass, 2004.

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ill, Enos Randall, ed. Colons and semicolons. Mankato, MN: Creative Paperbacks, 2017.

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Suhotinskaya, Aleksandra. Russian language. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/989175.

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In the textbook, the rules of Russian spelling and punctuation are grouped by topics: "Spelling of roots", "Spelling of suffixes and endings", "Use of hyphens", "Colons and dashes", etc. Training exercises will help to consolidate the theoretical material. The summary tables and answers to the exercises given at the end of the book allow you to control yourself during independent classes. The reference nature of the book contributes to the rapid and successful preparation for control works, tests and exams in the Russian language. Meets the requirements of the federal state standards of secondary vocational education of the latest generation. For students of secondary vocational education, as well as for high school students, applicants, students and everyone who wants to master the skills of literate writing.

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. New York, USA: Gotham Books, 2004.

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Truss, Lynne. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. Waterville, ME, USA: Thorndike Press, 2004.

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. London, England: Profile Books, 2005.

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ill, Byrnes Pat, ed. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. New York: Gotham Books, 2008.

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Book chapters on the topic "Colon (Punctuation)"

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Wilcox, Alison. "Colons." In Descriptosaurus Punctuation in Action Years 4–6, 133–35. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003190509-25.

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Wallwork, Adrian. "Punctuation: apostrophes, colons, commas etc." In English for Research: Grammar, Usage and Style, 207–19. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1593-0_25.

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Peck, John, and Martin Coyle. "Punctuating a Sentence: Commas, Colons and Semicolons." In Write it Right, 54–69. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05457-9_4.

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Iverson, Cheryl. "Punctuation." In AMA Manual of Style, 447–88. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jama/9780190246556.003.0008.

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The Punctuation chapter of the 11th edition of the AMA Manual of Style includes guidance on usage of many punctuation marks, as well as examples to illustrate the style. Included are the period, question mark, and exclamation point; comma, semicolon, and colon; hyphens and dashes; forward slash (virgule); parentheses and brackets; quotation marks; apostrophe; and ellipses. Expanded guidance on punctuation within lists or enumerations has been added, as have several policy changes: no hyphen in email and no period in the reference list after a URL or a DOI if either of these is the final item in the reference.

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"Punctuation, Part II—The Colon, Semicolon, and More Mysteries of Punctuation." In One Day in the Life of the English Language, 207–53. Princeton University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvd58v8n.10.

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"Chapter 5. Punctuation, Part II—The Colon, Semicolon, and More Mysteries of Punctuation." In One Day in the Life of the English Language, 207–53. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400865758-008.

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Mirka, Danuta. "Phrase Structure." In Hypermetric Manipulations in Haydn and Mozart, 57–91. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197548905.003.0002.

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This chapter focuses on phrase structure, whose discussion in the eighteenth century was subsumed under the theory of melody and based on the parallel between music and language. The first part is devoted to classification of caesuras and melodic sections contained by them. Since the former were equivalent to punctuation marks (period, colon, semicolon, comma) and the latter to grammatical units (sentences, clauses), the musical terminology adopted by eighteenth-century authors (Johann Mattheson, Joseph Riepel, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Johann Philipp Kirnberger, and Heinrich Christoph Koch) was influenced by linguistic terminology and it developed for decades, with meanings of individual terms changing from author to author. The second part of the chapter treats the different lengths of phrases. It links the preference for four-measure phrases to regular hypermeter and it presents a classification of four-measure phrase rhythms.

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Kallan, Richard. "Colons and Dashes." In Punctuation Revisited, 71–84. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429441820-5.

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