Publications
Publication details [#7725]
Poyatos, Fernando. 1981. Silence and stillness: Toward a new status of non-activity. Kodikas/Code 3 (1) : 3–26.
Annotation
Plea for the acknowledgement of the communicative values and therefore semiotic nature of two basic non-activities, silence and stillness. P. discusses their functions in the mechanism of conversation (with special reference to turns in conversations).