Discourse of Silence
Discourse of Silence

Author: Dennis Kurzon

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9027250626

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This work discusses the discourse of silence and looks at how people relate to silence in specific conte×ts. It e×amines the application of semiotic tools to e×plore 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 te×t in which the terms of reference generally e×pand - from the silent answer, through the silencing of characters by authors, to silence as a feature of the generation gap.

Exploring Silence and Absence in Discourse
Exploring Silence and Absence in Discourse

Author: Melani Schröter

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-12-18

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 3319645803

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This book fills a significant gap in the field by addressing the topic of absence in discourse. It presents a range of proposals as to how we can identify and analyse what is absent, and promotes the empirical study of absence and silence in discourse. The authors argue that these phenomena should hold a more central position in the field of discourse, and discuss these two topics at length in this innovative edited collection. It will appeal to students and scholars interested in discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis.

Silence in Philosophy, Literature, and Art
Silence in Philosophy, Literature, and Art

Author: Steven Bindeman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-08-28

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 9004352589

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Silence exists at the edge of the world, where words break off and meaning fades into ambiguity. The numerous treatments of silence in Steven L. Bindeman’s Silence in Philosophy, Literature, and Art question the misleading clarity of certainty, which persists in the unreflective discourse of common experience. Significant philosophical problems, such as the limits of language, the perception of sound and the construction of meaning, the dynamics of the social realm, and the nature of the human self, all appear differently as a consequence of this questioning. Silence is shown to have two modes, disruptive and healing, which work together as complementary stages within a creative process. The interaction between these two modes of silence serves as the dynamic behind the entire work.

Discourse and Silencing
Discourse and Silencing

Author: Lynn Thiesmeyer

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2003-08-29

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9027296324

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Silencing is not only a physically coercive act. It is also an act of language involving forms of selection, representation and compliance. Discourse and Silencing weaves together theories and examples of discourse from different disciplines in order to put forward a theory of silencing in language: that discursive systems filter, represent and displace types of knowledge into other forms of expression. Each chapter of the book analyses examples of silencing through discourse in various social and political fields. The examples cover courtroom trials, government censorship, domestic violence, marital conversations, penal institutions, news media, and political rhetoric. They cover societies ranging from Eastern and Central Europe, Canada and the U.S. to New Zealand and Japan. The contributors clarify the difference between chosen silences and the silencing that, as a practice, seeks to limit, alter or de-legitimise another’s discourse. The book also examines the continuous resistances and shifts in discourse and silencing within the social and political frameworks in which interlocutors negotiate their relations to each other.

The Power of Silence
The Power of Silence

Author: Adam Jaworski

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0803949677

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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

Silence and Concealment in Political Discourse
Silence and Concealment in Political Discourse

Author: Melani Schröter

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2013-05-08

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9027272107

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This book constitutes a significant contribution to political discourse analysis and to the study of silence, both from the point of view of discourse analysis as well as pragmatics, and it is also relevant for those interested in politics and media studies. It promotes the empirical study of silence by analysing metadiscourse about politicians’ silence and by systematically conceptualising the communicativeness of silence in the interplay between intention (to be silent), expectation (of speech) and relevance (of the unsaid). Three cases of sustained metadiscourse about silent politicians from Germany are analysed to exemplify this approach, based on media texts and protocols of parliamentary inquiries. Ideals of political transparency and communicative openness are identified as a basis for (disappointed) expectations of speech which trigger and determine metadiscourse about politicians’ silences. Finally, the book deals critically with the role of those who act as advocates of ‘the public’s’ demand to speak out.

Silence as Language
Silence as Language

Author: Michal Ephratt

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-08-25

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 1108471676

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With examples from a variety of contexts, this book provides a linguistic analysis of the role of silence in language.

Silences in NGO Discourse
Silences in NGO Discourse

Author: Issa G. Shivji

Publisher: Fahamu/Pambazuka

Published: 2007-06-30

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 0954563751

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One of the most articulate critics of the destructive effects of neoliberal policies in Africa, and in particular of the ways in which they have eroded the gains of independence, Issa Shivji shows in two extensive essays in this book that the role of NGOs in Africa cannot be understood without placing them in their political and historical context. As structural adjustment programs were imposed across Africa in the 1980s and 1990s, the international financial institutions and development agencies began giving money to NGOs for programs to minimize the more glaring inequalities perpetuated by their policies. As a result, NGOs have flourished--and played an unwitting role in consolidating the neoliberal hegemony in Africa. Shivji argues that if social policy is to be determined by citizens rather than the donors, African NGOs must become catalysts for change rather than the catechists of aid that they are today.

Silence
Silence

Author: Adam Jaworski

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-03-01

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 3110821915

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Silence : Interdisciplinary Perspectives Studies in Anthropological Linguistics.

Silence in Intercultural Communication
Silence in Intercultural Communication

Author: Ikuko Nakane

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9789027254108

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How and why is silence used interculturally? Approaching the phenomenon of silence from multiple perspectives, this book shows how silence is used, perceived and at times misinterpreted in intercultural communication. Using a model of key aspects of silence in communication – linguistic, cognitive and sociopsychological – and fundamental levels of social organization – individual, situational and sociocultural - the book explores the intricate relationship between perceptions and performance of silence in interaction involving Japanese and Australian participants. Through a combination of macro- and micro- ethnographic analyses of university seminar interactions, the stereotypes of the 'silent East' is reconsidered, and the tension between local and sociocultural perspectives of intercultural communication is addressed. The book has relevance to researchers and students in intercultural pragmatics, discourse analysis and applied linguistics.