When Conversation Lapses: The Public Accountability of Silent Copresence Delivery:Standard Order even a vision of the

even a vision of the apocalypse

and King Lear

he satirises this shallow world and his own youthful infatuation with it

they create a kaleidoscopic picture of the rich and varied oral traditions that have shaped the culture and society of successive generations of Africans for thousands of years

When Conversation Lapses: The Public Accountability of Silent Copresence Delivery:Standard Order even a vision of theSilence takes on meaning based on the contexts of its occurrence. This is especially true in social interactions: consider the difference between silence after "lemme think," and silence after "will you marry me?" This book examines a particular form of silence, the conversational lapse. These regularly appear in conversations when all interactants pass up the opportunity to speak, and are moments when talk seems to falter or give way to matters