Silence sometimes means more than words. Doubtless to say, it carries various meanings depending on the topic, participants, setting and culture in communication. This study attempts to explore pragmatic functions of silence specific to Turkish political discourse. Drawing on from Sperber and Wilson's...
Sometimes silence means endurance. Though I admit endurance isn‘t good for our psychology health, sometimes it is necessary. If you want to success, you have to be willing to endure something which may be produced by yourself or others. Then just keep silent to do it. You should believe ...
a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox (喋喋不休的人). He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure...
“A silent hug means a thousand words to the unhappy heart.”— Anonymous “A loving silence often has more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.”— Rachel Naomi Remen “Silence make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing ...
But a bird tends to live much longer than a comparably-sized mammal. One theory is that birds’ ability to fly means they are less at risk from the animals that kill them, which reduces their risk of being eaten, decreases stress, and frees up bodily resources for growth. And among ...
I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds, I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it.? 小题1: The underlined expression "shown the gate" (paragraph 4) most probably means " ___".?
“Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.” ~ Saskya Pandita ~love, Luminita ** Do you believe that we can onlycommunicateby using words? Do you think ...
“They never give me special attention for my imperfection, which means I’ve never seen myself as different from anyone else.” (“我总是感谢父母,老师和朋友对我的尊重,”詹说。“他们从不特别关注我的不完美,这意味着我从未认为自己与其他人不同。”)”可知,从詹的话中,我们可以得知,她受益于...
Firstly,silencemaybeastateinwhichcommunicationtakesplace.Inotherwords,“agivencommunicativeeventisstructuredthroughorframedinsilence”;secondly,silencemaybeformulaic(公式化的）,andsometimesalsoaccompaniedbyothernonverbalbehavior,suchasbowing,smiling,waving,andsoon;thirdly,silenceisanactivity,andasacommunicativesignlike...
Hear my words that I might teach you听我对你说的有益的话 Take my arms that I might reach to you 拉住我伸给你的手 But my words like silent as raindrops fell 但是我的话犹如雨滴飘落 And echoed in the wells of silence 在寂静的水井中回响 And the people bowed and prayed to the neon ...