“Dao with a Capital D”: A Study in the Significance of Capitalization
The use of initial capitals to designate special qualities of a term—Dao, Beauty, Intelligence, Dasein—is widespread in popular and scholarly writing. In this article, I trace the history and significance of the practice from the earliest days of printed English books to the present. Giving special...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2015]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Summary: | The use of initial capitals to designate special qualities of a term—Dao, Beauty, Intelligence, Dasein—is widespread in popular and scholarly writing. In this article, I trace the history and significance of the practice from the earliest days of printed English books to the present. Giving special attention to modern sinological work, I then argue that such use of initial capitals is an impediment to clear communication in scholarly writing and suggest it be abandoned. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4585 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfv033 |