著者

村上 直久

出版者

日本実用英語学会

雑誌

日本実用英語学会論叢 (ISSN:1883230X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2009, no.15, pp.47-55, 2009 (Released:2012-02-29)

参考文献数

3

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This paper aims to analyze the placement of punctuation marks, especially commas and periods, in relation to quotation marks.   It suggests that the most striking point within the quote-punctuation placement is the difference between the British and American usages in the case of commas and periods. Universal American usage places commas and periods inside the quotation marks, regardless of logic, while in the British usage, punctuation marks go inside quotation marks if they relate to the words quoted, outside if they relate to the main sentence. Why the difference? It appears that the British usage upholds logic, while the American one follows convention.   The findings are mainly based on the examination of articles of some major American and British newspapers as well as of stylebooks of leading U.S. wireservices.

著者

村上 直久

出版者

長岡技術科学大学

雑誌

長岡技術科学大学言語・人文科学論集 (ISSN:09139745)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.18, pp.159-178, 2004-10-20

被引用文献数

1

著者

村上 直久

出版者

長岡技術科学大学

雑誌

長岡技術科学大学言語・人文科学論集 (ISSN:09139745)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.16, pp.33-56, 2003-01-15

著者

村上直久編著

出版者

大修館書店

巻号頁・発行日

2009