02716nam 2200661 a 450 991082215320332120200520144314.00-19-029594-50-19-772209-11-281-72395-997866117239580-19-971718-410.1093/oso/9780195324990.001.0001(CKB)1000000000541055(EBL)415606(OCoLC)476243624(SSID)ssj0000214715(PQKBManifestationID)11202570(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214715(PQKBWorkID)10167241(PQKB)10351329(Au-PeEL)EBL415606(CaPaEBR)ebr10246263(CaONFJC)MIL172395(OCoLC)1406785137(StDuBDS)9780197722091(MiAaPQ)EBC415606(EXLCZ)99100000000054105520080124d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn the dot the speck that changed the world /Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (269 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineFormerly CIP.UkPreviously issued in print: 2008.0-19-532499-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Time and Chance: Punctuality and the Coin Toss; 2 Dit Dah: Codes to Sigh For; 3 With a Bullet: Checklists and Dingbats; 4 ... And a Half: Musical Dots; 5 For Short: Mr., Sr., et al.; 6 Dot Dot Dot: Ellipses, Lacunae, and Missing Links; 7 Stet: Emendations of Immortality; 8 Ninety-Eight Point Six: Decimals and Determinings; 9 Dot Com: Computation Punctuation; 10 Bang! The Dot Meets the Family; 11 Period: The End Point; Afterword and Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; IndexDespite the humble origins of its name (Anglo Saxon for 'the speck at the head of a boil'), the dot has been one of the most versatile players in the history of written communication, to the point that it has become virtually indispensable. This text offers a wide ranging account of this much overlooked and miniscule linguistic sign.Oxford scholarship online.Dot (Symbol)HistoryDot (Symbol)History.411Humez Alexander165052Humez Nicholas D1598910MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822153203321On the dot3921415UNINA