Overview

This work discusses the discourse of silence and looks at how people relate to silence in specific contexts. It examines the application of semiotic tools to explore several facets of silence in everyday conversation, and reviews various studies of silence that have been published. The book interprets silence in terms of modality in order to distinguish between intentional and unintentional silence. It also presents an analysis of the silence of characters in films, biblical and cinematic text in which the terms of reference generally expand - from the silent answer, through the silencing of characters by authors, to silence as a feature of the generation gap.

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Author:   Dennis Kurzon (University of Haifa)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   49
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9789027250629

ISBN 10:   9027250626
Pages:   162
Publication Date:   15 March 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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