glitch wit punctuation in chicago 17th ed.
i think that i discovered an error in the generation of chicago 17th ed. bibliography.
if an article title ends with a question mark or a full stop, the bibliographical description misses the full stop which must separate the title of the article from the title of the journal.
the title is: “Information literacy”: un concetto solo statunitense?
and the erroneous generated bibliography results:
Basili, Carla. «“Information literacy”: un concetto solo statunitense?» AIDA Informazioni 19, n. 2 (2001): 4.
while it should be:
Basili, Carla. «“Information literacy”: un concetto solo statunitense?». AIDA Informazioni 19, n. 2 (2001): 4.
the correct punctuation in the bibliography appears only if the question mark in the title is deleted. as it seems some clash happens between the two elements of punctuation. is it possible to correct this glitch?
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maurizio
if an article title ends with a question mark or a full stop, the bibliographical description misses the full stop which must separate the title of the article from the title of the journal.
the title is: “Information literacy”: un concetto solo statunitense?
and the erroneous generated bibliography results:
Basili, Carla. «“Information literacy”: un concetto solo statunitense?» AIDA Informazioni 19, n. 2 (2001): 4.
while it should be:
Basili, Carla. «“Information literacy”: un concetto solo statunitense?». AIDA Informazioni 19, n. 2 (2001): 4.
the correct punctuation in the bibliography appears only if the question mark in the title is deleted. as it seems some clash happens between the two elements of punctuation. is it possible to correct this glitch?
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maurizio
i didn't know this inner detail, whose reason i understand in theory.
in practice it is strange because the punctuation marks are separated by the chevron which delimits the title, so the two marks are not really contiguous: no one would like to read
...statunitense?. AIDA...
but when the text is
...statunitense?». AIDA...
the two marks are not really contiguous and are fully understandable in their scope.
anyway, long life the Chicago Manual!
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maurizio
so why should or could they end being on the same side of the chevron?
and with titles not ending with punctuation, the Chicago Style always produces bibliograpy items with a . on the right side of the chevron, see one for all:
Chu, Clara M. «Literacy Practices of Linguistic Minorities: Sociolinguistic Issues and Implications for Literacy Services». The Library Quarterly 69, n. 3 (1999): 339–59. https://doi.org/10.1086/603093.
The fact that this may be a bit awkward in non-US English version is just a byproduct of localization.
If you want to move the punctuation, change the Document Preferences to a language that places the punctuation outside the quote marks, such as UK English or French.