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LEADER: 01226cam a2200313 i 4500
001 2013017324
003 DLC
005 20140429080841.0
008 130524s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013017324
020 $a9780393064421
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aP301.5.P86$bH68 2013
082 00 $a411$223
100 1 $aHouston, Keith,$d1977-
245 10 $aShady characters :$bthe secret life of punctuation, symbols, & other typographical marks /$cKeith Houston.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York ;$aLondon :$bW.W. Norton & Company,$c[2013]
300 $a340 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe pilcrow -- The interrobang -- The octothorpe -- The ampersand -- The @ symbol -- The asterisk and dagger -- The hyphen -- The dash -- The manicule -- Quotation marks -- Irony and sarcasm -- Irony in history -- Irony as typeface -- Internet irony.
650 0 $aPunctuation$xHistory.
650 0 $aSigns and symbols$xHistory.
650 0 $aType and type-founding$xHistory.
650 0 $aWriting$xHistory.