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scriptio continua: a standalone construct

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Palaeography

ancient writing without spaces between words, whose replacement by word separation Saenger linked to the rise of silent reading.

In palaeography, scriptio continua refers to ancient writing without spaces between words, whose replacement by word separation Saenger linked to the rise of silent reading. This meaning comes from Saenger (1997) in Space between words.[1]

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References

Saenger, P. (1997). Space between words: The origins of silent reading. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804726535

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