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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... study of silence , that is , I am more interested in how it works rather than what it is ( see Chapter 2 ) . On several occasions I depart from the rigid confines of linguis- tics and investigate silence in areas other than linguistic ...
... study of silence , that is , I am more interested in how it works rather than what it is ( see Chapter 2 ) . On several occasions I depart from the rigid confines of linguis- tics and investigate silence in areas other than linguistic ...
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... silence , in their everyday senses , each time making it clear which of their several senses ( or extensions ) is referred to . * It will become evi- dent later that the nonessentialist approach to the study of silence will allow me to ...
... silence , in their everyday senses , each time making it clear which of their several senses ( or extensions ) is referred to . * It will become evi- dent later that the nonessentialist approach to the study of silence will allow me to ...
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... study because the most prototypical interpretation of the sentence contrasts silence with noise , not with speech . This theoretically motivated limitation of the present analysis to the types of silence outlined in principles i to iii ...
... study because the most prototypical interpretation of the sentence contrasts silence with noise , not with speech . This theoretically motivated limitation of the present analysis to the types of silence outlined in principles i to iii ...
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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 informative intention instance of silence interaction interpretation involves Janicki language Leach lence linguistic Maltz manifest meaning metaphors milczec milczenie monochrome painting negative noise and silence nonverbal one's opposition perceived person Podczas zebrania Jan political positive pragmatic prototype theory prototypical psycholinguistic Quakers relevant remain silent Robert Rauschenberg Scollon sentence silence and speech situation social sociolinguistic speaker speaking speech act speech and silence Sperber and Wilson strategic silence strategy 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