They give to interpretation and understanding. Informative and that is why they should be studied thoroughly for the addition Selected extract from each play, it is noticed from the comparison that the twoĭramatists employ pauses frequently. Inner side of characters without even saying a word. Pauses, whether silent or filled, have certain The findings of the present study show that pauses are notĪrbitrarily used in speech, they are found to serve certain functions depending
Jefferson (1974) has been used, in addition to the related pause multifunctional
The sequential production approach of turn introduced by Sacks, Schegloff and Namely, Pinter's The Homecoming and Baker's Circle Mirror TransformationĪnd to compare how the two writers use pauses in these two dramas. Pauses in literary texts, more specifically, in selected extracts from two plays, In this regard, the present study aims to examine the forms and functions of Their occurrence in speech has a value that tends to be quite understandable. For theirĬommunicative function essentials, they can help both readers and hearers. Speech, promoting effectively language communication. Readers to gain a better and deeper understanding of certain texts as well as Pauses as pragmatic markers are considered as important devices that help In other words, it is how those moments of silence mark a state of calmness on the one hand and how this state gives way to those of fear and eventually death on the other that I would like to explore and expound in the course of this analysis. In his paper, I would like to make clear that my intention is to investigate the notions of fear, uncertainty, menace and death evoked when characters pause or keep silent in Pinter’s Silence and The Dumb Waiter. And when characters stop talking one needs to contemplate their unsaid thoughts. When it pervades one has to think deeply of that moment. Silence in a Pinter play is unexpectedly never silent. It is not just a moment when characters keep silent and the audience cannot hear their utterances it is a moment so pregnant with meanings that the reader finds it difficult to find his way to the final meaning. The Silences and pauses, Harold Pinter has employed in his plays, have remarkably encapsulated his mastery of such theatrically effective techniques.
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