An analysis of the punctuation of the Middle English "Letter of Ipocras" in London, Wellcome Library, MS 405

Teresa Marqués-Aguado

doi:10.18172/jes.3571

Autores/as

Teresa Marqués-Aguado University of Murcia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.3571

Palabras clave:

inglés medio, manuscritos medievales, MS Wellcome 405, "Letter of Ipocras", puntuación, función

Resumen

La puntuación en inglés temprano se ha considerado como poco consistente y sistemática, tal y como muestra la literatura disponible sobre el tema. Sin embargo, investigaciones recientes han mostrado que textos concretos muestran prácticas de puntuación específicas que son relativamente sistemáticas y consistentes en cuanto a los signos y las funciones de estos, si bien dichas prácticas son propias de cada texto. En este sentido, este artículo se detiene en la puntuación de una copia en inglés medio del texto conocido como Letter of Ipocras, la recogida en el manuscrito Londres, Wellcome Library, MS 405. Así, este artículo revisa en primer lugar la investigación realizada hasta el momento sobre la puntuación en inglés medio y discute las funciones que se han atribuido comúnmente a la puntuación histórica. A continuación, se describen tanto el códice como el texto objeto de estudio. Posteriormente, se analizan los signos de puntuación presentes en el texto y las funciones que estos desempeñan a cada nivel, apoyadas en ejemplos. El artículo concluye con una reflexión sobre la función de la puntuación en el texto en términos globales, que está orientada hacia las funciones gramatical y pragmática.

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Biografía del autor/a

Teresa Marqués-Aguado, University of Murcia

Teresa Marqués-Aguado is Lecturer at the Department of English at the University of Murcia since 2009. Her research interests include English Historical Linguistics and Manuscript Studies.

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