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Frequency distributions of punctuation marks in English
English Today ( IF 1.156 ) Pub Date : 2018-12-17 , DOI: 10.1017/s0266078418000512
Kun Sun , Rong Wang

The analysis of punctuation in philology is mainly carried out with a view to better understand the meaning of the literature concerned. Punctuation is generally believed to play the role of ‘assisting the written language in indicating those elements of speech that cannot be conveniently set down on paper: chiefly the pause, pitch and stress in speech’ (Markwardt, 1942: 156). Most of us often ignore the importance of punctuation in writing systems and tend to believe that punctuation only depends on tradition and the personal styles of writers. In fact, punctuation marks may contribute significantly to the clarity of expression. Many linguists associate punctuation with intonation, but the truth is more complex than that – punctuation marks may affect orthography, morphology, syntactic relations, semantic information, and can even influence textual structure.

中文翻译:

英语标点符号的频率分布

文献学中标点符号的分析主要是为了更好地理解相关文献的含义。人们普遍认为标点符号的作用是“帮助书面语言指示那些不能方便地写在纸上的演讲元素:主要是演讲中的停顿、音高和重音”(Markwardt,1942:156)。我们大多数人经常忽略标点符号在写作系统中的重要性,并倾向于认为标点符号仅取决于传统和作家的个人风格。事实上,标点符号可能对表达的清晰度有很大贡献。许多语言学家将标点符号与语调联系在一起,但事实比这更复杂——标点符号可能会影响正字法、词法、句法关系、语义信息、
更新日期:2018-12-17
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