Stilistika materjalid
it. They may be combined with the "time fillers" (aa.., well, so) (And then she saw a---
ghost)
The full stop may have different functions.
· Overstopping--using the full stop very often. Full stop may separate words and
phrases that normally do not form a sentence (I wouldn't call her beautiful. Or
clever.) In the description of a single episode or a rapid succession of events,
overstopping creates a peculiar, abrupt rhythm--jerky rhythm.
· Understopping--too few full stops, it also renders the dynamic qualities of a
large scene.
Modernist writers use both devices very often. Good example--J.Joyce "Ulysses" with
its 40 pages without a single full stop.
Quotation marks may imply that these words belong to other characters and the author
feels ironic about these words or indicates that these words are used in some special,
narrow meaning.
The indented line also belongs to punctuation marks. In fiction, the indented line