Adam Jaworski tells his reader in the preface to The Power of Silence
that he wants ′to show silence as a rich and powerful tool of
communication and to provide some clues as to how it works in
different areas of human communication and how it can be accounted for
by various theories.′ Jaworski does this, and more, in this very
extensive exploration of silence as a means of communication. . . The
gems of Jaworski′s discussion come through his examples, which are
woven together from his own Polish background and an astute coverage
of cross-cultural (Polish, Amish, Apache), feminist and mass media
research on silence. The book covers a broad scope of orientations:
linguistic, psycholinguistic, paralinguistic, ethnographic, pragmatic,
literary, and artistic. As such, The Power of Silence has broad appeal
to anyone who deals even marginally with communication issues,
especially teachers, who will appreciate his coverage of silence in
the classroom. . . Jaworski′s book serves the necessary function of
bringing together various types of research on silence into one
volume. . . . He has accomplished his task. It would not be a mistake
to recommend the book to students as an introduction to silence and
communication. Jaworski′s full bibliography, and the book overall,
is an invaluable resource for scholars of linguistics, communication
theory, discourse analysis, political communication, literature, the
rhetoric of art, intercultural communication, women and language, and
mass media. --Discourse & Society Is silence the antithesis of
communication? Or is it simply another way in which humans exchange
information? In this theoretical yet accessible account of a variety
of different aspects of silence, Jaworski contends that silence is an
extremely powerful communicative tool. This innovative volume includes
a research overview that shows the influence of related work in the
fields of media studies, politics, gender studies, aesthetics, and
literature. For example, one section of the book illustrates the power
of silencing in politics; another chapter emphasizes the importance of
silence beyond linguistics and politics in terms of artistic
expression. By incorporating the work of a wide array of
theorists--such as Brown and Levinson (politeness), Leach (taboo),
Rosch (prototypes), and Sperber and Wilson (relevance)--Jaworski keeps
his approach intentionally broad and eclectic in order to explore the
concept of silence as a rich and evocative aspect of communication.
The author argues that, in theoretically pragmatic terms, silence can
be accounted for by the same principles as those of speech. He then
investigates new ways of studying socially-motivated language,
particularly emphasizing silence and the silenced. By applying several
frameworks of analyses to both linguistic and non-linguistic
dimensions of silence, Jaworski contributes to the integrative study
of culture, of which language is an integral part. Researchers,
professors, and advanced students throughout communication studies and
sociolinguistics will find this volume to be an innovative and
essential resource.
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ISBN
9781452252575
Publisert
2013
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SAGE Publications, Inc
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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