...First, symbols that indicate the break between sentences include a period (.), a question mark (?), and an exclamation mark (!), which respectively express a statement, question, and exclamation (command). Symbols that indicate the break between parts of a sentence include a comma (,), a semicolon (;), and a colon (:), with the break lengthening in that order (the corresponding break in breath becomes longer in time). Other symbols used to indicate a change in the nature of the line of speech include quotation marks (such as “ ”), parentheses (( )), brackets ([ ]), dashes (―), hyphens (‐), and apostrophes ('), which are beginning to be used in Japanese when writing horizontally. ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "semicolon" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…まず,文と文との切れめを示す符号として,ピリオドperiod(.),疑問符question mark(?),感嘆符exclamation mark(!)があり,それぞれ叙述・疑問・感嘆(命令)の意味をあらわす。文のなかの部分と部分との切れめを示す符号として,コンマcomma(,),セミコロンsemicolon(;),コロンcolon(:)があり,この順序に切れめが長くなる(該当する息の切れめが時間的に長くなる)。このほか,話線の性質が変わるときに用いる符号として,引用符quotation marks(“ ”など),かっこparentheses(( )),角かっこbrackets([ ]),ダッシュdash(―),ハイフンhyphen(‐),アポストロフィapostrophe(’)などがあり,これらは日本語でも横書きのときに用いられるようになりつつある。… ※「semicolon」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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