Signs of Civilisation, Bard Borch Michalsen
Signs of Civilisation, Bard Borch Michalsen
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Signs of Civilisation
How punctuation changed history

Author: Bård Borch Michalsen

Narrator: David Timson

Unabridged: 4 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Sceptre

Published: 11/04/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

'Punctuation is not only an important part of our language code; an advanced system of punctuation has been a driving force in our entire Western Civilisation. Nothing less.'

With the invention of printing, reading books moved from being an act only performed by priests and aristocrats into an individual, even private, activity. This change helped spark the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution - in which punctuation played a crucial role. As long as texts were read out loud only by an educated elite there was no need for punctuation to mark pauses, full stops or questions.

So punctuation - the full stop, the comma, the exclamation mark, the question mark and the semicolon - helped shape modern-day Europe as we know it.

(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diego

¿Alguna vez pensaste en la importancia de la puntuación para la humanidad? Cuando pensamos en inventos revolucionarios se nos viene a la cabeza la imprenta de Gutemberg, pero durante siglos existió la escritura sin puntuación QUESEVEIAMASOMENOSASI. Los libros existian para leerlos en voz alta, la lect......more

Goodreads review by Olivia

La puntuación es sumamente importante y creo que no le damos la importancia que amerita. En “Signos de civilización: cómo la puntuación cambió al mundo” podemos leer sobre la evolución de la escritura con el paso del tiempo de una manera sumamente interesante. En tan solo 176 páginas hay muchísima i......more

Goodreads review by Elbio

nunca termine un libro y dije que buena editorial. hasta ahora. Aguante godot y estos libros.......more

Goodreads review by Malen

Una joyita para los y las ñoñas 🤓......more