Perspectives on Silence

Bys: Saville-Troike, Muriel and Tannen, Deborah

Book Overview

This book focuses attention on a relatively neglected component of communication-silence-in order to present current research from a number of disciplines and also to stimulate further research on the subject. Silence is often viewed as an out-of-awareness phenomenon against which talk is perceived. By reversing polarities and treating silence as a figure to be examined against talk, we are given a heightened awareness of the universal aspects of human behavior while emphasizing its complex nature as a cultural phenomenon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0893913103
• ISBN13: 9780893913106
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"