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Cock-Starkey, Claire.
Subjects
Punctuation -- History.
Mathematical notation -- History.
Signs and symbols -- History.
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Cock-Starkey, Claire.
Punctuation -- History.
Mathematical notation -- History.
Signs and symbols -- History.
MARC Display
Hyphens
&
hashtags
* : *
the
stories
behind
the
symbols
on
our
keyboards
/ Claire Cock-Starkey.
by
Cock-Starkey, Claire.
Bodleian Library, 2021.
Call #:
411 C664h
Subjects
Punctuation -- History.
Mathematical notation -- History.
Signs and
symbols
-- History.
ISBN:
9781851245369 (hc)
Alternate title:
Hyphens
and
hashtags
: *
the
stories
behind
the
symbols
on
our
keyboards
Description:
183 p. ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"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."--Amazon.com.
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