Tannen and Saville-Troike 1985

Tannen, Deborah, and Muriel Saville-Troike (editors). 1985.Perspectives on silence. Norwood, NJ: Ablex. xviii, 251 pages. 0893912557. Location: Dallas SIL Library 001.56 P467p. Interest level: general.

Includes great summary of gestures in language. Tannen's treatment of the importance of silence within a language is great. Nwoye sets forth three criteria for silence in a language:

• Purposeful (tradition or ritualistic)
• Socially set (mores of the culture)
• Individualistic in the end (page xvi)

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