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Discourse of silence /

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 pair...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kurzon, Dennis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©1998.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 49.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 1. The Semiotics of Silence. 1. Silence as a sign. 2. Silence and non verbal communication. 3. Survey of research on silence. 4. Review of book 2. Modality of Silence. 1. Question answer adjacency pair. 2. Unintentional silence. 3. Knowledge and ability. 4. The basic model of silence. 5. The interpretation process 3. The Transitivization of Silence: Legal Discourse. 1. Introduction. 2. Silence in Anglo American criminal proceedings. 3. Changes in the law on the right of silence. 4. Silence in French and Israeli law. 5. Talmudic discussions of silent legal parties. 6. Transitivization of silence and reported speech 4. The Silence and Silencing of Darcy. 1. Authorial power. 2. The Netherfield ball scene. 3. "So easy a distance" 4. Silence and distance 5. The Silence and Silencing of Moses. 1. The textual status of Exodus. 2. The revelation and its aftermath. 3. From uncircumcised to circumcised lips. 4. Moses' anger. 5. Schoenberg's Moses und Aron. 6. Silence and music 6. The Sounds of Silence. 1. Silence and Bergman's The Silence. 2. The generation gap. 3. Silence and song in The Graduate. 4. Local music. 5. Benjamin's silence.