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‘“In semiological systems like language,” Saussure tells us, “where elements hold each other together in equilibrium in accordance with fixed rules, the notion of identity blends with that of value and vice versa.”’
— Feb 19, 2020 01:37AM
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Michael
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Really interesting comparison between literary content and form and technology; how technology is prioritising information over form.
— Feb 14, 2020 08:31AM
Michael
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'The result [of stripping the context from a quotation] is,again paradoxically, the elevation of a local observation to the status of oracular truth.'
— Feb 10, 2020 04:57AM
Michael
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The parallel development of quotations in Europe (the guillemet «» was used). French typographical style (and sometimes Greek and Italian) uses em-dashes for alternating dialogue. In Germany pairs of commas or reversed guillemets are used.
— Feb 05, 2020 12:51PM
Michael
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The origin of quotation-marks as commas that were inverted to above the line.
— Feb 05, 2020 10:44AM
Michael
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Air quotes and differences between American and English ones.
— Feb 05, 2020 07:41AM
