Background
Saville-Troike, Muriel Renee was born on August 8, 1936 in Sacramento. Daughter of John Austin Hill and Deneise (Minahen) Barnett.
( This book focuses attention on a relatively neglected c...)
This book focuses attention on a relatively neglected component of communication-silence-in order to present current research from a number of disciplines and also to stimulate further research on the subject. Silence is often viewed as an out-of-awareness phenomenon against which talk is perceived. By reversing polarities and treating silence as a figure to be examined against talk, we are given a heightened awareness of the universal aspects of human behavior while emphasizing its complex nature as a cultural phenomenon.
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Saville-Troike, Muriel Renee was born on August 8, 1936 in Sacramento. Daughter of John Austin Hill and Deneise (Minahen) Barnett.
Bachelor, Fresno (California) State College, 1961. Master of Arts, Fresno (California) State College, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1968.
Assistant professor linguistics Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, 1968-1970. Assistant professor University Texas, Austin, 1970-1972. Associate professor Georgetown University, Washington, 1972-1981.
Professor education University Illinois, Champaign, 1981-1988. Professor English University Arizona, Tucson, since 1989.
( This book focuses attention on a relatively neglected c...)
Member American Association for Applied Linguistics (president 1980-1981), American Anthropol. Association, Linguistic Society of America, Teachers English to Speakers of Other Languages (president 1974-1975).
Married Rudolph Charles Troike, April 8, 1972. Children: Terri Harmon, Thomas Saville.