On the Mark: A History of Punctuation from Ancient Egypt to the Emoticon
Autor Florence Hazraten Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 iul 2026
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781800819566
ISBN-10: 1800819560
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 mm
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1800819560
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 mm
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Dr Florence Hazrat is a researcher and writer, and a world expert on the history and culture of punctuation. A BBC New Generation Thinker, Dr Hazrat has appeared on Radio 4's Word of Mouth and writes the Substack Mind the Gap. Her first book, An Admirable Point, a cultural history of the exclamation mark, was published by Profile in 2022.
Recenzii
Deft, thoughtful and fascinating. This book exposes the hidden language that surrounds our words
So. Good. So. Sharp. So. Clear. You. Need. This. Book. Period
This wonderful history of punctuation is also a history of the world. In Hazrat's hands, every story has a point, and every point a story
On the Mark is dizzying, compendious and illuminating - a timely and rewarding quest through the past, present and future of punctuation
A thought-provoking history of language's unsung dots and squiggles. Punctuation may be silent, but thankfully there's Hazrat to tell the tale
PRAISE FOR 'AN ADMIRABLE POINT'
An enjoyably mischievous book
A short book, but it carries a punch'
So. Good. So. Sharp. So. Clear. You. Need. This. Book. Period
This wonderful history of punctuation is also a history of the world. In Hazrat's hands, every story has a point, and every point a story
On the Mark is dizzying, compendious and illuminating - a timely and rewarding quest through the past, present and future of punctuation
A thought-provoking history of language's unsung dots and squiggles. Punctuation may be silent, but thankfully there's Hazrat to tell the tale
PRAISE FOR 'AN ADMIRABLE POINT'
An enjoyably mischievous book
A short book, but it carries a punch'
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A lively history of punctuation, from ancient times to the age of the emoji
You know the lively exclamation mark, the controversial semicolon, and the often-omitted apostrophe, but would you recognize a percontation point? How about an obelus? In this irreverent and delightfully intellectual book, Florence Hazrat argues that all punctuation marks, from the most forgotten to the most ubiquitous, are worthy of our attention. After all, the history of punctuation is the history of humankind.
The first punctuation mark was a triangular symbol pressed into clay somewhere in Mesopotamia. Spaces between words were unknown for millennia, until a group of Irish monks pioneered spaces between words in the eighth century. Across ages and cultures, amid technological revolutions and radical changes in communication, these dots and dashes have reshaped the societies that created them. From the papyruses of the ancient world to our sprawling internet ecosystem, one thing has remained constant: Punctuation is powerful. These tiny marks can move markets, shift elections, topple political systems, and decide the fate of a precious human life on death row.
Weaving together anthropology, the history of writing, the philosophy of language, psychology, literature, and more, On the Mark masterfully proves that punctuation is at the heart of human communication.
A lively history of punctuation, from ancient times to the age of the emoji
You know the lively exclamation mark, the controversial semicolon, and the often-omitted apostrophe, but would you recognize a percontation point? How about an obelus? In this irreverent and delightfully intellectual book, Florence Hazrat argues that all punctuation marks, from the most forgotten to the most ubiquitous, are worthy of our attention. After all, the history of punctuation is the history of humankind.
The first punctuation mark was a triangular symbol pressed into clay somewhere in Mesopotamia. Spaces between words were unknown for millennia, until a group of Irish monks pioneered spaces between words in the eighth century. Across ages and cultures, amid technological revolutions and radical changes in communication, these dots and dashes have reshaped the societies that created them. From the papyruses of the ancient world to our sprawling internet ecosystem, one thing has remained constant: Punctuation is powerful. These tiny marks can move markets, shift elections, topple political systems, and decide the fate of a precious human life on death row.
Weaving together anthropology, the history of writing, the philosophy of language, psychology, literature, and more, On the Mark masterfully proves that punctuation is at the heart of human communication.