The Power of Silence: Social and Pragmatic PerspectivesSAGE Publications, 1993 - 191 oldal This book provides a theoretical account of a variety of different communicative aspects of silence and explores new ways of studying socially-motivated language. A research overview shows the influence of related work in the fields of media studies, politics, gender studies, aesthetics and literature. The author argues that in theoretically pragmatic terms, silence can be accounted for by the same principles as those of speech. A later, more applied section of the book explores the power of silencing in politics. A concluding chapter shows the importance of silence beyond linguistics and politics in terms of artistic expression. The approach is intentionally eclectic in order to explore the concept of silence as a rich and |
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... person who does not tolerate long pauses may wonder why the other does not want to talk , whereas the person who needs longer pauses to take a turn may think of his or her interlocutor as intolerably talkative . Says Tannen ( 1986 ) ...
... person who does not tolerate long pauses may wonder why the other does not want to talk , whereas the person who needs longer pauses to take a turn may think of his or her interlocutor as intolerably talkative . Says Tannen ( 1986 ) ...
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... person takes leave of the party to go to a restroom , the others do not say " Good luck " or anything like that . In another context , imagine a person having a smudge on his or her face . Even when one does not know this person very ...
... person takes leave of the party to go to a restroom , the others do not say " Good luck " or anything like that . In another context , imagine a person having a smudge on his or her face . Even when one does not know this person very ...
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... person perceived as deviant in relation to the mainstream norm . Fat persons , dwarfs , very tall persons , crippled ... person with an ambiguous status who needs to break the situational silence , and in this way to disambiguate his or ...
... person perceived as deviant in relation to the mainstream norm . Fat persons , dwarfs , very tall persons , crippled ... person with an ambiguous status who needs to break the situational silence , and in this way to disambiguate his or ...
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Silence and Speech | 28 |
The Pragmatics of Silence | 66 |
The Politics of Silence and the Silence | 98 |
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abstract art Amish approach argues artistic audience behavior Bydgoszcz chapter claim communica communicative intention context contextual effects conversation conversational analysis culture desaparecidos discourse discussion dominated groups Enninger essentialist example expected expression forms of silence formulaic silence frame analysis functions of silence Howard Giles ibuprofen implicature informative intention instance of silence interaction interpretation involves Janicki language Leach's lence linguistic Maltz manifest meaning milczec milczenie monochrome painting negative noise and silence nonverbal one's opposition perceived person Podczas zebrania Jan political pragmatic prototype theory prototypical psycholinguistic Quakers relevant remain silent Robert Rauschenberg Scollon sentence silence and speech situation small talk social sociolinguistic speaker speaking speech act speech and silence Sperber and Wilson strategic silence structured through silence study of silence taboo Tannen theoretical theory tion treated types of silence unfilled pauses utterance verbal viewer visual Western Apache women words Yves Klein