The Silent LanguageLeading anthropologist Edward Hall analyzes the many aspects of non-verbal communication amd considers the concepts of space and time as tools for transmission of messages in this fascinating study. The Silent Language is a work of interest to both the intelligent general reader and the sophisticated social scientist. |
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chapter one THE VOICES OF TIME | 1 |
chapter two WHAT IS CULTURE? | 20 |
chapter three THE VOCABULARY | 34 |
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