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Thomas J. Bruneau

1Thomas J. Bruneau (M.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1968) is a doctoral candidate in Speech at the Pennsylvania State University

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Journal of Communication, Volume 23, Issue 1, March 1973, Pages 17–46, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1973.tb00929.x

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07 February 2006

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The nature of silence is discussed as an imposition of mind, as an interdependent signification ground for speech signs, as a relationship to mental time (as opposed to artificial time), and as it relates to sensation, perception and metaphorical movement. Three major forms of silence are defined: Psycholinguistic Silence, of which there are two subtypes, designated Fast-time silence and Slow-time silence; Interactive Silence; and Sociocultural Silence. The three major forms are then briefly described as they relate to some important human communication functions. In the absence of empirical evidence, a number of hypotheses are offered.

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