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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... words . " This is only a convenience , however , because the word as we know it is very limited in meaning . In learning the new language , we discover , after having reproduced a number of words in our mouths , that the " words " are ...
... words . " This is only a convenience , however , because the word as we know it is very limited in meaning . In learning the new language , we discover , after having reproduced a number of words in our mouths , that the " words " are ...
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... words , when working with cultural data , one can only be precise on one analytic level at a time and then only for a moment . I call this " cultural indeterminacy . " When one considers the remarkable order repeat- edly demonstrated by ...
... words , when working with cultural data , one can only be precise on one analytic level at a time and then only for a moment . I call this " cultural indeterminacy . " When one considers the remarkable order repeat- edly demonstrated by ...
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... words , whereas v was more commonly used in the middle . The French conquerors , on the other hand , used these two ... words as well as in anglicized French words . Today the initial v is part of our formal system , and it is ...
... words , whereas v was more commonly used in the middle . The French conquerors , on the other hand , used these two ... words as well as in anglicized French words . Today the initial v is part of our formal system , and it is ...
Contents
chapter one THE VOICES OF TIME | 1 |
chapter two WHAT IS CULTURE? | 20 |
chapter three THE VOCABULARY | 34 |
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