Russian Punctuation as a Sign System

Авторы
I. E. Kim
The Russian punctuation is a system of signs with its own functions and its
own formal organization, different from the organization of alphabetic characters, numbers
and other written signs of the Russian language. In terms of formal organization,
punctuation marks differ from two-dimension characters in geometry and in onedimensionality
or even zero-dimensionality. In terms of function, they are used as signs
of articulation and organization of the text (as the metatext by A. Wierzbicka). Punctuation
marks are located between graphic (linguistic-visual) and paragraphic (nonlinguistic
visual) systems of writing. They perform their function in combination with
the system of spaces (word space, arbitrary line end, empty part of the page, empty
page) and paragraph tools. The punctuation is similar in function to road signs and
computer text markup but unlike them punctuation marks are situated on the line alternately
with the main objects of the writing.
DOI
10.25205/2307-1737-2019-2-302-318
Аннотация

The Russian punctuation is a system of signs with its own functions and its
own formal organization, different from the organization of alphabetic characters, numbers
and other written signs of the Russian language. In terms of formal organization,
punctuation marks differ from two-dimension characters in geometry and in onedimensionality
or even zero-dimensionality. In terms of function, they are used as signs
of articulation and organization of the text (as the metatext by A. Wierzbicka). Punctuation
marks are located between graphic (linguistic-visual) and paragraphic (nonlinguistic
visual) systems of writing. They perform their function in combination with
the system of spaces (word space, arbitrary line end, empty part of the page, empty
page) and paragraph tools. The punctuation is similar in function to road signs and
computer text markup but unlike them punctuation marks are situated on the line alternately
with the main objects of the writing.

Keywords
Russian punctuation, punctuation marks, graphic system of language, paragraphemics, metatext, spatial organization of text

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