Silence as a Term

Abstract

Silence as a term has different concepts depending on the field in which it appears, accordingly, it is difficult to give it a definition. For that reason, the researcher is obligated to present the different meanings of this term in different fields, hence, the research consists of four sections, the first presents the meaning of silence according to the Arabic dictionaries. The second section gives the meaning of silence in the books of eloquence and linguistics. In the third section, the meaning of silence in literature is given, and finally the fifth section gives an attempt to find a general definition to the term silence

Keywords

Silence, absence