International Research Journal of Tamil Literary Studies

Volume 1, Number 2, Year 2021
Articles

PUNCTUATION IN TAMIL GRAMMAR BOOKS - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

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  • Sundaram Lakshmanan
Sundaram Lakshmanan
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur, Chennai 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.

Published 2021-04-30

Keywords

  • Punctuations in Tamil grammar books,
  • Punctuation marks in Tamil,
  • Importance of Punctuations in Tamil,
  • Punctuation and Tamil grammar

How to Cite

Lakshmanan, S. (2021). PUNCTUATION IN TAMIL GRAMMAR BOOKS - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. International Research Journal of Tamil Literary Studies, 1(2), 14–27. Retrieved from https://vahaipublication.com/index.php/irjtls/article/view/8

Copyright (c) 2021 Sundaram Lakshmanan

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Abstract

The printing technology played a key role in converting the literary works of Tamil which was earlier written using palm leaves, inscriptions and copper plates. Due to the massive impact of the printing press and the European education system, the art of prose was developed in Tamil. As a result, the punctuation marks used in European languages have become inevitable also in the Tamil language.

It is a known fact that punctuation marks and their proper usages are essential for any piece of writing. This article aims at enunciating when and how those punctuations were used in Tamil text. It also attempts to say what was used earlier in Tamil texts in place of punctuation marks.

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