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Perspectives on Silence

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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.

Pages: 260

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Praeger

Release: January 01, 1985

ISBN: 0893913103

ISBN 13: 9780893913106

Perspectives on Silence

5/5 ( ratings)

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.

Pages: 260

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Praeger

Release: January 01, 1985

ISBN: 0893913103

ISBN 13: 9780893913106

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