About the Book
Dialogue: An interdisciplinary approach is a pioneering collection of papers that take Dialogue Studies out of its ‘classic’ narrow definition into the study of the complexities and processes in dialogue. It is a first move toward interdisciplinary research in Dialogue Studies.
Table of Contents:
1. List of contributors, pxi; 2. Preface, pxiii; 3. 1. Introduction, p1; 4. I. FOUNDATIONS; 5. 2. Communication and convention (by Davidson, Donald), p11; 6. 3. Du dialogisme a la forme dialoguee: Sur les fondements de l'approche pragmatique (by Jacques, Francis), p27; 7. 4. Metaphor, folk theories, and the possibilities of dialogue (by Lakoff, George), p57; 8. 5. Toward a praxis-oriented theory of argumentation (by Barth, E.M.), p73; 9. II. THE GENESIS OF DIALOGUE; 10. 6. Question-answering and operations implied in informative interaction between the ages of 3.0 and 4.4 years (by Behares, Luis E.), p89; 11. 7. On conditionals as dialogue constructs (by Castro Campos, Maria Fausta P.), p101; 12. 8. Dialogue sustention strategies and the adult view of phonological development (by Maia, Eleonora Albano M.), p115; 13. III. THE MECHANISMS OF DIALOGUE; 14. 9. Logic for rational dialogue (by Harrah, David), p125; 15. 10. On a formal structure of dialogue (by Nowakowska, Maria), p135; 16. 11. Argumentative operators and dialogue (by Geraldi, Joao Wanderley), p147; 17. 12. Contexts as constraints on understanding in dialogue (by Parret, Herman), p165; 18. IV. SPEECH ACTS REVISITED; 19. 13. What is an illocutionary force? (by Vanderveken, Daniel), p181; 20. 14. To hell with speech act theory (by Meggle, Georg), p205; 21. 15. Pragmatic universals and communicative action (by Almeida, Guido), p213; 22. V. DIALOGUE AND THE STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE; 23. 16. Sentences in conversational turns: A case of syntactic 'double bind' (by Franck, Dorothea), p233; 24. 17. Dialogue and the selection of data for a grammar (by Everett, Daniel L.), p247; 25. 18. The Belizean copula: A case of semantactic shift (by Escure, Genevieve), p265; 26. VI. DIALOGUE, INTERSUBJECTIVITY, AND THE MIND; 27. 19. Intentionality, and its language-dependency (by Lorenz, Kuno), p285; 28. 20. Communicating about the contents of other minds (by Woodfield, Andrew), p293; 29. 21. What does 'talking to oneself' mean? (by Penha Villela-Petit, Maria), p305; 30. 22. Martin Buber's central insight: Implications for his philosophy of dialogue (by Stewart, John), p321; 31. VII. KINDS OF DIALOGUE; 32. 23. Discussing or convincing: An approach towards a pragmatical study of the languages of science (by Granger, Gilles Gaston), p339; 33. 24. Science and controversy (by Gil, Fernando), p353; 34. 25. 'Griping' as a verbal ritual in some Israeli discourse (by Katriel, Tamar), p367; 35. 26. School discourse as dialogue? (by Ehlich, Konrad), p383; 36. VIII. RUPTURE IN DIALOGUE; 37. 27. Dialogue breakdowns (by Marcondes de Souza Filho, Danilo), p415; 38. 28. The making and breaking of dialogue (by Petit, Jean-Luc), p427; 39. 29. The relevance of misunderstanding (by Dascal, Marcelo), p441; 40. Subject Index, p461; 41. Name Index, p469
