Punctuation as a Means of Medium-Dependent Presentation Structure in English

Linguistic Description, Presentation Structure And The Status Of Punctuation -- Issues Of Linguistic Description -- Medium-transferability And The Linguistic Sign -- Decoding Linguistic Utterances : A 'three-channel Approach' -- Linguistic Description : Distinctive Units Of Analysis -- Overview -- The Medium-independent Expression System -- The Medium-dependent Expression Systems Of Speech And Writing -- Presentation Structure -- Medium-independent Choices -- Choices Which Do Not Influence Directly The Structure Of Clause Complexes -- Choices Which Influence Directly The Structure Of Clause Complexes -- Medium-dependent Choices -- Medium-dependent Spoken Choices -- Medium-dependent Written Choices -- Verbal And Nonverbal Information : Punctuation From A Semiotic Perspective -- Verbal And Nonverbal Information -- Punctuation Marks As Indices -- Determining The Communitative Value Of Punctuation -- Punctuation In A Model Of Verbal And Nonverbal Information -- A Short Diachronic View On Punctuation -- Forerunners Of Punctuation -- Punctuation In Old And Middle English -- Punctuation And The Orthographie Sentence -- The Structure Of Written Text : The Script Unit Model -- The Relationship Of Orthographic Sentence And Clause Complex -- The Level Of Parasyntax -- The Script Unit -- Elements Of Punctuation In Present-day English -- Defining Punctuation -- Non-alphanumeric Characters -- As Part Of Orthographie Word-forms -- Creating Punctuation Units -- Terminal Period (or Full Stop) -- Question Mark And Exclamation Mark -- Semicolon And Colon -- Comma -- Dash And Parentheses -- Quotation Marks -- The Dual Function Of Punctuation Marks : Separation And Specification -- Collecting Data To Account For The Communicative Value Of Punctuation -- Exploring The Guide Functions Of Punctuation -- General Punctuation Principles -- Punctuation As A Style Marker -- Indicating Dimensions Of Linguistic Variation -- Divided Usage -- Obligatory Sentence-internal Punctuation -- Cases Of Structural Opacity -- Cases Of Intervening Syntactic Material -- Punctuation And Structural Integrity -- Punctuation In Context -- Punctuation At Word-level -- Disambiguation -- Intensity Of Effect -- Punctuation Units And Syntax -- Coordinated Constituents -- Syndetic Coordination -- Asyndetic Coordination -- Restrictive And Non-restrictive Modifiers -- Relative Clause -- Apposition -- Adverbials -- Adjunct -- Disjunct -- Conjunct -- Disambiguation Of Medium-independent Structures -- The Linguistic Function Of Punctuation -- Parsing Strategies -- Punctuation As A Guide To Ambiguous Medium-independent Structures : Some Examples -- Punctuation Units And Text -- Punctuational Variability -- Light And Heavy Punctuation -- Punctuation As An Indicator Of Sub- And Superordinate Boundaries -- Deviant Punctuation -- The Specifying Function Of Punctuation -- Punctuation As A Marker Of Separative Force -- Punctuation And Discourse Structure -- The Guide Functions Of Punctuation : Theoretical And Functional Synopsis -- Synopsis I : Theoretical Insights -- Synopsis Ii : Functional Insights -- Punctuation As A Paralinguistic Device : Guide Functions 1 To 8 (gf 1-8) -- Reducing Cognitive Complexity (gf 1-4) -- Guide Function 1 (gf 1) -- Guide Function 2 (gf 2) -- Guide Function 3 (gf 3) -- Guide Function 4 (gf 4) -- Contributing To The Conceptualisation Of A Piece Of Writing (gf 5-8) -- Guide Function 5 (gf 5) -- Guide Function 6 (gf 6) -- Guide Function 7 (gf 7) -- Guide Function 8 (gf 8) -- Punctuation As A Linguistic Device : Guide Function 9 (gf9) -- Conclusion : Punctuation And The Reader -- References -- Index. Sebastian Patt. Dissertation. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.