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Publication details [#1125]

Basso, Keith H. 1970. 'To give up on words': Silence in Western Apache culture. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 26 : 213–230.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

silence | social relationship

Language as a subject

Apache

Annotation

B. studies the conditions under which being silent is appropriate in Western Apache culture. Not speaking is said to be a response to uncertainty and unpredictability in social relations.

Reprints

Giglioli, Pier Paolo. 1972. In Giglioli, Pier Paolo, ed. Language and social context: Selected readings. Penguin. pp. 67–86.