Sixteenth Century Journal · 2002 · 10 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesCommunicationLinguisticsLinguistic AnthropologyPragmaticsRhetoricElizabethan LiteratureFigurative LanguageRitual SpeechSpeech ActsUse Of SilenceLinguistic SilenceMeaning-making Of SilencePositionSilence In CommunicationSilence In ScriptSilence InterpretationSilent CharacterizationSilent Verbalization
Contents: Introduction: The Concept and Types of Silent Language Part I. Line and Plane 1. Drawing the Line 2. Line as Intersection, Plane, and Idea Part II. Surface, Shape, and Substance 3. Surface, Color, and Texture as Superficial Comment 4. Shape and Substance as Matter of Weight Part III. Position, Gesture, Motion, and Duration 5. Place, Boundary, and Position 6. Motion, Measure, and Meaning Part IV. Figure and Ground: Convention, Indeterminacy, Absence, and Silence 7. Ceremonial Departures and Indecorous Presentations 8. Absent/Presence. Present/Absence, Gesture, Silence, and the Uses of Indeterminacy Notes