The current paper aims to analyze how first year university students ofthe Spanish Language and Literature Degree use punctuation marks. For this purpose, a sample of 128 interventions was collected. The discursive frame where participations took place was the academic virtual forum; particularly, two thematic forums were provided. Results show that comma and full stop are the most usual punctuation marks; it is also significant the high frequency with which English inverted commas appear in the written texts, as well as the incorrect and widespread use of dashes with explanatory function.
Rodríguez Muñoz, F., & Ridao Rodrigo, S. (2013). Punctuation marks in Spanish: usage matters and common mistakes. Boletín De Filología, 48(1), Pág. 147 – 169. Retrieved from https://boletinfilologia.uchile.cl/index.php/BDF/article/view/27140
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