Florence Hazrat


On the Mark

Hazrat, Florence | ON THE MARK


Boken utforskar den globala historien om interpunktion och dess betydelse för språket genom tiderna.

  • Global historia av On the Mark av Florence Hazrat.

  • Utforskar hur interpunktion formar språk och litteratur.

  • Utgiven som förlagsband, 2026.

Utgivningsdatum: 2026-07-30

Bindning: Förlagsband

Bokförlag: Hachette UK Distribution
ISBN: 9781800819566

Omfång: 320 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2026-07-30

Förlagets information

The first global history of punctuation tells the story of the marks that give voice to the written word.

So. Good. So. Sharp. So. Clear. You. Need. This. Book. Period' Lucy Mangan, author of Bookish Since the dawn of writing, punctuation has helped us tell our stories. Scribes in ancient Alexandria simplified their scrolls with full stops and commas, opening the doors of their library to the entire world. During the Renaissance, semicolons and exclamation marks empowered writers to satirise society and inject life and passion into their texts. Even today, the youngest generations creating new rules for emojis, caps and irony in the lexicon of online language. In this riotous global history, Florence Hazrat reveals the creators and rebels who made punctuation what it is today, conjuring new meanings from commas and colons, parentheses and pilcrows. Witty and original, On the Mark journeys across the world and through the evolution of language, celebrating the silent marks that infuse our words with meaning and shape our literary cultures.


On the Mark av Florence Hazrat hittar du under Språk: historia och allmänt inom Språkvetenskap | Lingvistik i huvudkategorin Humaniora.

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