An overview of the use of dashes in Icelandic

  • Jóhannes B. Sigtryggsson ´Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Keywords: hyphen, en dash, em dash, short em dash, hyphen for dividing words between lines

Abstract

In this overview dashes in Icelandic spelling are organized into subgroups according to their purpose and usage. The main groups are hyphens, en dashes and em dash. The first two have many different subgroups.

Published
2016-06-01
Section
Language News