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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... possible embarrassment of the child and the disgust of others , one of the parents can quasi - formulaically say " Brzuszek podziekowal za obiadek " ( " The tummy has thanked for dinner " ) or " No to dziecko najadlo sie " ( " Well ...
... possible embarrassment of the child and the disgust of others , one of the parents can quasi - formulaically say " Brzuszek podziekowal za obiadek " ( " The tummy has thanked for dinner " ) or " No to dziecko najadlo sie " ( " Well ...
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... possible drawbacks in adopting the Rose Garden strategy include the exact opposites of the potential advantages : political isolation and creation of an image of a weak and passive president without a program and unable to take up a ...
... possible drawbacks in adopting the Rose Garden strategy include the exact opposites of the potential advantages : political isolation and creation of an image of a weak and passive president without a program and unable to take up a ...
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... possible ways : I can perceive him or her as a member of my own community or of a clearly different one . In both cases , his or her status will be definite to me and I will accept it as normal . It does not cause me anxiety . However ...
... possible ways : I can perceive him or her as a member of my own community or of a clearly different one . In both cases , his or her status will be definite to me and I will accept it as normal . It does not cause me anxiety . However ...
Tartalomjegyzék
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