The functions of silence

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1909-1938

  Ephratt, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Eloquent silence; Functions of language; Jakobson; Language and speech; Psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049104205     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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