TY  - GEN
T1  - Discourse of silence
T2  - Pragmatics & beyond ;
A1  - Kurzon, Dennis
LA  - English
PP  - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia
PB  - J. Benjamins
YR  - 1998
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn750192955
AB  - The book deals initially with the interpretation of the silent answer to a question. From a semiotic approach to the contrast between silence and speech mainly within a Greimasian framework, the discussion turns to the application of pragmatic tools such as conversational analysis and adjacency pairs to the interpretation of silence. A model is presented which attempts to explain the observer's cognitive competence, and its limits, in being able to interpret the silent answer. A basic distinction is also made between intentional silence (the refusal to answer) and non-intentional silence (the.
OP  - 161
CN  - BD360 .K87 1998eb
SN  - 9789027282606
SN  - 9027282609
SN  - 1556198116
SN  - 9781556198113
SN  - 9027250626
SN  - 9789027250629
KW  - Silence (Philosophy)
KW  - Silence (Philosophie)
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Communication Studies.
KW  - Schweigen
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Zwijgen.
ER  -