Speech in non-ideal conditions: On silence and being silenced

Tanesini, Alessandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6250-471X 2023. Speech in non-ideal conditions: On silence and being silenced. Caponetto, Laura and Labinaz, Paolo, eds. Sbisà on Speech as Action, Cham: Palgrave McMillan, pp. 221-243. (10.1007/978-3-031-22528-4_10)

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Abstract

In this chapter I show that idealizing assumptions can obscure conversational dynamics because they neglect power differentials that are crucial enablers of the successful performance of some speech acts (see, Sbisà, 2020). I examine how silencing is promoted by conversational norms that would defeasibly entitle linguistic agents to presume that silence indicates acceptance. I focus on Goldberg’s (2020) discussion of these phenomena. Goldberg argues in support of a norm of no silent rejections claiming that silencing is partly the result of the misapplication of this norm. He further defends the view that the norm itself is part of the solution to the problem of silencing. In the chapter I argue that Goldberg is mistaken on these points. Instead, drawing inspiration from Sbisà (2020), I argue that norms of no silent rejection are temporarily enacted by means of speech acts that function as exercitive assertions.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Publisher:	Palgrave McMillan
ISBN:	9783031225277
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	23 May 2023
Last Modified:	22 Jun 2024 01:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/159690

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