Dennis Kurzon
Biographic Data
| ID | 963715 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dennis Kurzon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dennis |
| FAMILY NAME | Kurzon |
| SIGNATURE | KURZON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0401-1906 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 142 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Analysis of Silence in Interaction
Silence has long been regarded as meaningful in interaction. Since the 1970s, there have appeared studies of silence, which analyze the functions of silence in interaction. At first, there were sporadic publications such as Bruneau (1973), Jensen (1973), and Johannesen (1974), but in the middle of the 1980s the first collection of papers on silence was published (Tannen & Saville‐Troike, 1985), which included a broad range of papers on silence no…
Changes in the Status and Nature of a Family Court Case
In this paper, changes in the status and nature of one case from the Family Court of England and Wales will be discussed. The changes cover two aspects of the case. Firstly, the shift from a civil action – a standard family court case concerning the break-up of a relationship and its effect on the children born from the relationship – to a quasi-criminal case in which contempt of court plays the central role; this will be discussed from a Greimas…
Blurring the boundaries between domestic and digital spheres: Competing engagements in public google hangouts
This study explores the phenomenon of multiactivity during recreational video-mediated communication (VMC) through the analysis of competing engagements. From a data corpus of naturally occurring interactions in public Google Hangouts, we focus on instances of competing engagements triggered by the co-presence of unratified participants in broadcasters’ physical environments. As users are immersed in their everyday spaces, interferences from thei…
The maxim of quantity, hyponymy and Princess Diana
To avoid referring explicitly to a particular person or group of people, a speaker may use a more general expression; in doing this, the speaker is in etfect violating the Gricean maxim of Quantitv. I loweve r. in the given context, it mav be obvious, to the hearer, and to the observer (Goffman's 'bystander'; 1981), whom the referring expression in tact ret'ers to. In saying "those people", tor example, a speaker may implicate a certain group of …
When perlocutions become silent: Politicians and the right of silence – a case study
In order to stay in the limelight and be re-elected, politicians depend on their voice to persuade potential voters or party members to support them in general elections or primaries, respectively; their assertions and claims in the form of illocutionary acts also function as perlocutionary acts of persuasion. But when politicians are under criminal investigation, often for corruption in Israel and in other countries, they may silence themselves …
From immunity to immunity. From immunity to silence: The case of Gilad Sharon
In 2003, Gilad Sharon, the younger son of the late Ariel Sharon, then Israeli Prime Minister, was being investigated by the police for his part in what is known as the Cyril Kern affair, which involved not only illegal donations to Ariel Sharon’s campaign fund to become leader of the Likud Party in 1999 but also a long money trail around the world. Large sums of money were being paid to Gilad Sharon as fees for vague consulting services. Since Ar…
The three silences of Sir Thomas More: A pragmatic perspective
The paper discusses three instances of silence in the life and writings of Sir Thomas More in terms of conversational and thematic silence. The first is the silence of the London citizenry in More’s History of Richard the Third (1513). The second is the House of Commons’ response of silence, in 1523, to Cardinal Wolsey’s request to provide him, the Chancellor, with a substantial grant for state affairs; at that time, More was Speaker of the House…
Participation frameworks in multiparty video chats cross-modal exchanges in public Google Hangouts
Foreign and archaic phrases in legal texts
This article deals with the occurrence of foreign words, phrases and maxims in legal texts. Unlike past studies, in which the focus has been on Latin in Anglo- American legal texts, the present study expands the borders, not only looking at Latin in European legal texts, but also at English in Russian and Ukrainian legal texts, and then beyond Europe (and common law countries) to the Middle East, where foreign words and phrases as well as Qur'ani…
A Brief Revisit to the Apaches, the Igbos, the Akan and the Finns: Thoughts on the Pragmatics of Silence and the Maxim of Quantity
The paper attempts to look at silence from the point of view of Grice's maxim of quantity, viz. if one has nothing to say, then one is silent. This will be examined against the background of studies that have been published over the last decades especially anthropological research on tribes in Africa (Igbo and Akan) and North America (Western Apaches), and studies on Finnish silence
On silence
Romanisation of Bengali and Other Indian Scripts
This article will discuss two attempts at the romanisation of Indian languages in the twentieth century, one in pre-independence India and the second in Pakistan before the Bangladesh war of 1971. By way of background, an overview of the status of writing in the subcontinent will be presented in the second section, followed by a discussion of various earlier attempts in India to change writing systems, relating mainly to the situation in Bengal, …
A brief note on diacritics
This short note relates to remarks made by Peter Daniels in his 2006 article ‘On beyond alphabets’ on diacritics which he defines as markers that have a consistent phonological function in the particular script. From examples taken from French, Czech and other languages using the roman script, it is shown that the principal function of diacritics is to set up contrasts among various graphemes. This is extrapolated to the Arabic and Perso-Arabic s…
The systematization and typology of the instant messaging writing system used by young Israeli Arabs
This study investigates a new writing system based on the Roman script that has been used by Israeli Arabs in Israel for about ten years. This system is associated with instant messaging (IM); people usually use it when sending SMSs or when utilizing any of the computer-mediated communication forms, such as Messenger. The paper focuses on the systematization and the typology of this writing system based on data collected from about 40 participant…
What do the ten commandments do? A study of lawyers' semiotics
Against the background of two U.S. Supreme Court cases in 2005 on the question of the public display of the Ten Commandments in the context of the establishment of religion clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution, the article addresses the way the lawyers, especially the judges, discussed the status of the Ten Commandments as a text and as a symbol. The article relates to the legal arguments concerning such religious texts, and the ways…
Silence in Intercultural Communication by Ikuko Nakane
Towards a typology of silence
Where East Looks West: Success in English in Goa and the Konkan Coast
The aim of the book is to explain the constant success in the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) of speakers of the Indian language Konkani, who live in Goa and to the south of Goa. The book examines historical and sociolinguistic factors, some of which pertain to India as a whole, while others are unique to the Konkani-speaking regions.
Language choice as index: The case of India
Pour Peirce, tout signe fonctionne en tant qu'icone, indice et symbole. Elargissant cette conception, l'A. propose une analyse du langage utilise sur les panneaux de signalisation et leur fonction d'indice. Il se demande alors ce qu'indique une occurrence de langage ecrit dans un lieu public. Afin d'illustrer les choix de langue, la nature du langage sur ces signes publics et leur fonction d'indice, l'A. etudie trois noms de lieu en Inde : Varana…
John Holm, An introduction to pidgins and creoles
Pidgins and creoles: An introduction
The case of a broken cohesive chain II
The politeness of judges: American and English judicial behaviour
The right to understand the right of silence: A few comments. (A commentary on discussions on the right of silence which appeared in issue 7(1))
In this short note, I would like to relate to the discussions on the right of silence which appeared in the last issue of the Journal of Forensic Linguistics 7(1) (Cotterill 2000; Russell 2000). Instead of dealing with details of research in the field, which have been more than adequately covered by the two authors, I would like to stay at a more general level, and address two issues: the need for such a set of rights, and alternative ways of get…
Discourse studies: A multidisciplinary introduction. Vol. 1: Discourse as structure and process. Vol. 2: Discourse as social interaction
Towards a typology of silence
The right of silence: A socio-pragmatic model of interpretation
The speech act status of incitement: Perlocutionary acts revisited
Power of silence: Social and pragmatic perspectives
The politeness of judges: American and English judicial behaviour
Legal language’: Varieties, genres, registers, discourses
The paper deals primarily with the classification of what is known in LSP as ‘legal language’. Despite considerable consensus concerning the topics included under this label, there is a substantial amount of terminological uncertainty. An analysis of the use of terms such as ‘variety’. ‘genre’, ‘register’ and ‘discourse’ clarifies the issues that are prevalent in works on legal language. Such an analysis may also clarify issues in LSP in general,…
When silence may mean power
Participation frameworks in multiparty video chats cross-modal exchanges in public Google Hangouts
On silence
Discourse grammar and typology: Papers in honor of John W.M. Verhaar
When perlocutions become silent: Politicians and the right of silence – a case study
In order to stay in the limelight and be re-elected, politicians depend on their voice to persuade potential voters or party members to support them in general elections or primaries, respectively; their assertions and claims in the form of illocutionary acts also function as perlocutionary acts of persuasion. But when politicians are under criminal investigation, often for corruption in Israel and in other countries, they may silence themselves …
A Brief Revisit to the Apaches, the Igbos, the Akan and the Finns: Thoughts on the Pragmatics of Silence and the Maxim of Quantity
The paper attempts to look at silence from the point of view of Grice's maxim of quantity, viz. if one has nothing to say, then one is silent. This will be examined against the background of studies that have been published over the last decades especially anthropological research on tribes in Africa (Igbo and Akan) and North America (Western Apaches), and studies on Finnish silence
Discourse studies: A multidisciplinary introduction. Vol. 1: Discourse as structure and process. Vol. 2: Discourse as social interaction
The case of a broken cohesive chain
Entrapped by words: Semiotic studies of Thomas Hardy's novels
Sexist and nonsexist language in legal texts: The State of the Art
How lawyers tell their tales
Latin for Lawyers: Degrees of Textual Integration
This paper is concerned with the occurrence of Latin words and phrases in English legal texts, with particular reference to possible obstacles facing the lawyer and EALP (English for Academic Legal Purposes) student in their reading. The degree of integration of the Latin in selected English texts is analysed, and it is shown how this varies from the lowest degree of integration (where the Latin occurs as a separate sentence) through instances in…
Sexist and nonsexist language in legal texts: The State of the Art
When silence may mean power
Entrapped by words: Semiotic studies of Thomas Hardy's novels
The case of a broken cohesive chain
Power of silence: Social and pragmatic perspectives
The right of silence: A socio-pragmatic model of interpretation
Talk at work: Interaction in Institutional Settings
Discourse grammar and typology: Papers in honor of John W.M. Verhaar
Legal language’: Varieties, genres, registers, discourses
The paper deals primarily with the classification of what is known in LSP as ‘legal language’. Despite considerable consensus concerning the topics included under this label, there is a substantial amount of terminological uncertainty. An analysis of the use of terms such as ‘variety’. ‘genre’, ‘register’ and ‘discourse’ clarifies the issues that are prevalent in works on legal language. Such an analysis may also clarify issues in LSP in general,…
Deixis and background knowledge in the humor of car bumper stickers
L'A. examine l'utilisation de la deixis et la maniere dont elle oriente le locuteur dans la comprehension de textes humoristiques affiches sur des autocollants a l'arriere de vehicules automobiles. Le sens du texte est atteint a travers l'humour et par rapport au contexte situationnel
Speakers, Listeners and Communication: Explorations in Discourse Analysis
The speech act status of incitement: Perlocutionary acts revisited
Discourse studies: A multidisciplinary introduction. Vol. 1: Discourse as structure and process. Vol. 2: Discourse as social interaction
The right to understand the right of silence: A few comments. (A commentary on discussions on the right of silence which appeared in issue 7(1))
In this short note, I would like to relate to the discussions on the right of silence which appeared in the last issue of the Journal of Forensic Linguistics 7(1) (Cotterill 2000; Russell 2000). Instead of dealing with details of research in the field, which have been more than adequately covered by the two authors, I would like to stay at a more general level, and address two issues: the need for such a set of rights, and alternative ways of get…
The case of a broken cohesive chain II
The politeness of judges: American and English judicial behaviour
John Holm, An introduction to pidgins and creoles
Pidgins and creoles: An introduction
Where East Looks West: Success in English in Goa and the Konkan Coast
The aim of the book is to explain the constant success in the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) of speakers of the Indian language Konkani, who live in Goa and to the south of Goa. The book examines historical and sociolinguistic factors, some of which pertain to India as a whole, while others are unique to the Konkani-speaking regions.
Language choice as index: The case of India
Pour Peirce, tout signe fonctionne en tant qu'icone, indice et symbole. Elargissant cette conception, l'A. propose une analyse du langage utilise sur les panneaux de signalisation et leur fonction d'indice. Il se demande alors ce qu'indique une occurrence de langage ecrit dans un lieu public. Afin d'illustrer les choix de langue, la nature du langage sur ces signes publics et leur fonction d'indice, l'A. etudie trois noms de lieu en Inde : Varana…
Towards a typology of silence
A brief note on diacritics
This short note relates to remarks made by Peter Daniels in his 2006 article ‘On beyond alphabets’ on diacritics which he defines as markers that have a consistent phonological function in the particular script. From examples taken from French, Czech and other languages using the roman script, it is shown that the principal function of diacritics is to set up contrasts among various graphemes. This is extrapolated to the Arabic and Perso-Arabic s…
The systematization and typology of the instant messaging writing system used by young Israeli Arabs
This study investigates a new writing system based on the Roman script that has been used by Israeli Arabs in Israel for about ten years. This system is associated with instant messaging (IM); people usually use it when sending SMSs or when utilizing any of the computer-mediated communication forms, such as Messenger. The paper focuses on the systematization and the typology of this writing system based on data collected from about 40 participant…
Philosophy (25 works) · Linguistics (22 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Computer Science (15 works) · Political science (15 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (13 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Silence (12 works) · Art (10 works) · Psychology (10 works)