Voyage d’une théorie de la ponctuationl’influence de Dolet sur Hart à travers Meigret

  1. Calvo-Segurado, Ana 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Journal:
Thélème: Revista complutense de estudios franceses

ISSN: 1139-9368,  1989-8193

Year of publication: 2024

Issue Title: Dossier monographique : «Ecocríticas francófonas»

Volume: 39

Issue: 1

Pages: 85-94

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5209/THEL.91202 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

John Hart was the first grammarian to write about English punctuation in the vernacular, doing so in two works: The Opening of the Unreasonable Writing of our Inglish Toung (1551) and An Orthographie (1569). Reformer of English orthography and orthoepist, it is established that he had taken inspiration from Louis Meigret. Nevertheless, an analysis of his theory of punctuation underlines the influence of another French humanist: Étienne Dolet. This article shows that the ideas of this other grammarian have surpassed geographic boundaries and illustrates how they reverberate in the first theory of punctuation in English.

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