On the dot : the speck that changed the world /
Despite the humble origins of its name, the dot has been one of the most versatile players in the history of written communication. The Humez brothers shed light on the dot in all its various forms--as a mark of punctuation and a notation in mathematics and music--take readers on an engaging tour of...
| Основен автор: | Humez, Alexander. |
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| Други автори: | Humez, Nicholas D. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=242269 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
On the dot. |
| Резюме: |
Despite the humble origins of its name, the dot has been one of the most versatile players in the history of written communication. The Humez brothers shed light on the dot in all its various forms--as a mark of punctuation and a notation in mathematics and music--take readers on an engaging tour of the highways and byways of language, ranging from the history of the question mark and its lesser known offshoots the point d£ironie and the interrobang, to acronyms and backronyms, power point bullets and asterisks, emoticons and the "at-sign." |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-223) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199717187 0199717184 |