An Admirable Point - A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!

Informationen zum Autor 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 is the host of a podcast on punctuation, Standing on Points . Her first book, An Admirable Point , a cultural history of the exclamation mark, was published by Profile in 2022. Klappentext Love it or hate it, the exclamation mark has been with us from Beowulf to the spam email - an enthusiastic history for language lovers! Vorwort Love it or hate it, the exclamation mark has been with us from Beowulf to the spam email - an enthusiastic history for language lovers! Zusammenfassung Love it or hate it, the exclamation mark has been with us from Beowulf to the spam email - an enthusiastic history for language lovers!

Product details

• Authors: FLORENCE HAZRAT, Florence Hazrat
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781800811973
• ISBN: 978-1-80081-197-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 200 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Language: reference and general, Language: history and general works