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Hyphens & Hashtags*: *The Stories Behind the Symbols on Our Keyboard
Buch von Claire Cock-Starkey
Sprache: Englisch

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In our digital world, we owe much of our ability to communicate to the punctuation marks, mathematical symbols, and other glyphs that hover on the edges of our keyboard. Without these symbols, it would be impossible to convey meaning--our words would run in endless unbroken lines of letters and numbers. These marks, which have their origins in the earliest written communications, have evolved over many hundreds of years. Hyphens & Hashtags presents the histories of these stalwart symbols, revealing the long road many have taken on their way to general usage. In the age of digital communication, some symbols have gained additional meanings. The obscure pound sign has transformed into the hashtag, an essential component of social media. The colon now serves double duty as the eyes of the smiley-face emoticon. Alongside the historical roots of these tools, this book also considers ever-evolving modern usage and uncovers those symbols which have now fallen out of fashion. Hyphens & Hashtags casts a well-deserved spotlight on these deceptively simple marks, whose handy knack for conveying meaning in simple shorthand can marshal our sentences, clarify a calculation, or add some much-needed emotion to our online interactions.
In our digital world, we owe much of our ability to communicate to the punctuation marks, mathematical symbols, and other glyphs that hover on the edges of our keyboard. Without these symbols, it would be impossible to convey meaning--our words would run in endless unbroken lines of letters and numbers. These marks, which have their origins in the earliest written communications, have evolved over many hundreds of years. Hyphens & Hashtags presents the histories of these stalwart symbols, revealing the long road many have taken on their way to general usage. In the age of digital communication, some symbols have gained additional meanings. The obscure pound sign has transformed into the hashtag, an essential component of social media. The colon now serves double duty as the eyes of the smiley-face emoticon. Alongside the historical roots of these tools, this book also considers ever-evolving modern usage and uncovers those symbols which have now fallen out of fashion. Hyphens & Hashtags casts a well-deserved spotlight on these deceptively simple marks, whose handy knack for conveying meaning in simple shorthand can marshal our sentences, clarify a calculation, or add some much-needed emotion to our online interactions.
Über den Autor
Claire Cock-Starkey is a writer and editor. Her recent books include Hyphens and Hashtags, A Museum Miscellany, and The Real McCoy and 149 Other Eponyms.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 192
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781851245369
ISBN-10: 1851245367
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Cock-Starkey, Claire
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Bodleian Library
Maße: 193 x 124 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Claire Cock-Starkey
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2021
Gewicht: 0,36 kg
preigu-id: 118955471
Über den Autor
Claire Cock-Starkey is a writer and editor. Her recent books include Hyphens and Hashtags, A Museum Miscellany, and The Real McCoy and 149 Other Eponyms.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 192
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781851245369
ISBN-10: 1851245367
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Cock-Starkey, Claire
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Bodleian Library
Maße: 193 x 124 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Claire Cock-Starkey
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2021
Gewicht: 0,36 kg
preigu-id: 118955471
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