A Socio-pragmatic Interpretation of the Communicative Silence in Asong Linus’ “The Crown of Thorns”
Willie Mushing Tamfuh · Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies · 2020
The current consensus is that speech is an innate human capability, and in essence, provides instances by which speakers of a language use different speech acts to perform a variety of communicative functions. Where verbal language is often used, the non-verbal silence is regarde...
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