Title (double title: ""; The title of a single book: < >), a symbol used to express the title of a book, the title of an article, the registration, the file name, the name of a opera, the name of a song, the name of a picture, etc. The title of a book indicates the name of a book, document, newspaper, article, etc. , but also used in songs, movies, TV dramas and other literary and artistic works closely related to the written media. When there is a title in the title, the outer layer uses a double title and the inner layer uses a single title. If there is a title in a single title, use a double title in a single title.
I. Basic introduction
1. Classification
Double title: ""; Book title: < >; Title of wavy line: ﹏
2. Function
Symbols used to represent the names of books, articles, newspapers and periodicals, documents, operas, songs and pictures. "Title, article name, newspaper name, publication name, etc. , all marked with the title of the book. " (Punctuation usage People's Republic of China (PRC) national standard * * *,1995+released in February 2003, 1996 implemented in June) "Used for book titles, articles, songs, movies, newspapers, charts, etc. (Punctuation Annotation Manual, Mandarin Promotion Committee of the Ministry of Education, 3rd Edition of Taiwan Province Academic Network,1March, 986)
3. The origin of the title of the book
The name of this book was "angle brackets" at first. Its purpose is to mark the names of books, newspapers, chapters, songs, etc. However, there was later. At the beginning of the founding of New China, this symbol did not exist in the Usage of Punctuation Symbols promulgated by the state.
China's original title was curve (wavy line). However, this punctuation is rarely used because it is more troublesome to print. Later, in order to facilitate printing and save manpower and material resources, the titles of books and newspapers are often replaced by quotation marks.
The number ""was originally a symbol in Russian, which is roughly equivalent to quotation marks in modern Chinese. In 1950s, in the upsurge of learning Russian, many people borrowed it and used it as quotation marks. In practice, people gradually feel that quotation marks can't always replace book titles, so some people use ""as the book title, and over time, it is accepted by people. [ 1]
4. The location of the article
The title of the book used to draw wavy lines below (horizontally) or on the left (vertically). At present, Chinese mainland only has proper titles in ancient books, but it is still often used in Hong Kong and Taiwan. However, most students in Hong Kong don't use horizontal titles, but they use ""in Chinese mainland because of the trouble.
Due to the popularity of computer and network applications, and the inconvenience of traditional book titles in computer input and typesetting, Taiwan Province Province has gradually accepted the use of ""and ""as book titles. Different from GB/T 15834- 1955, Taiwan Province Province can sometimes directly use a single title in a chapter without nesting, which is called "chapter name".
In western languages such as English, titles of books are marked in italics, such as "Harry Potter".
Second, the general usage
Names used for various works.
Various works, including works expressed in words, sounds, images, actions, etc. Can be named after the title of the book. For example:
1. Work "Speech at Yan 'an Forum on Literature and Art" (topic of speech)
2. Several Issues on the Legal System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (Title of the Lecture)
3. On the Collapse of Leifeng Tower (article title)
4. Pronunciation checklist for different pronunciations of Putonghua (table name)
5. Seventeen posts by Song Tuo and Wang Xizhi (name of calligraphy works)
6. Teahouse (title of the play)
7. "Da Le Taylor" (cross talk name)
8. Women's Basketball Team No.5 (movie title)
Names used for various publications.
Publications are the carrier of works. All kinds of publications can be named after their titles. For example:
1. Encyclopedia of China (Title)
2. People's Daily (Registration)
3. Language structure (title)
4. Plant physiology wall chart (picture name)
5. Deng Xiaoping Theory Research Literature Database (CD name)
Terms such as "magazine" and "weekly" are used inside the title of a publication if they are part of it (such as Oriental Magazine and American Publishers Weekly), otherwise they are used outside the title (such as Reading Magazine and British Booksellers Weekly). There is no need to add titles to familiar newspaper names, such as People's Daily, Xinhua Monthly and Oriental Magazine, if it will not cause misunderstanding. The names of newspapers and publishing houses are generally not titled, such as People's Daily and Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing House. Introduction to Wuzhou Daily should be changed to Introduction to Wuzhou Daily, because "Bao" is a compound word and it is not appropriate to insert the title between the two words. If foreign language teaching and research publishing house writes foreign language teaching and research publishing house, it can be understood as a publishing house that publishes foreign language teaching and research magazines. In fact, its task is mainly to publish books on foreign language teaching and research. When the newspaper name is used with "editorial department", it depends on whether the title is added. Adding titles to the editorial offices of China Reporter, Reader and Modernization helps to clarify concepts, but it is not helpful to the editorial offices of China Reporter and Reader's Digest. Another example is the phrase "Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, Guangming Daily, China Radio International, CCTV, Huasheng Daily and other representatives. Have made speeches on how to develop online media "(Guangming Daily 1999.07.07). People's Daily, Guangming Daily and Huasheng Daily appear as news organizations, not as publication names, so they are not given titles.