Point Counterpoint: Teaching Punctuation as Information Management  

Oleh:

Mann, Nancy

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: College Composition and Communication (Ada di JSTOR) vol. 54 no. 3 (Feb. 2003), page 359-393 .
Fulltext: Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 359-393.pdf (747.39KB)

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Punctuation is often learned without teaching and more often not learned despite much teaching. Jointly, these facts suggest that real punctuation decision rules are very different from and probably much simpler than the rules we teach. This article argues that the punctuation system does have features that generally make systems learnable, such as binary contrasts, limitation of parallel categories to seven or fewer options, and repeated application of the same criterion to different kinds of entities. The simplicity that allows some readers to learn this system unconsciously also makes it possible to figure out consciously the systems underlying information-management rationales, which in turn motivate both conscious learning and use.

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