Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. List of contributors xi
4. Preface xiii
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. I. FOUNDATIONS
7. 2. Communication and convention 11
8. 3. Du dialogisme à la forme dialoguée 27
9. 4. Metaphor, folk theories, and the possibilities of dialogue 57
10. 5. Toward a praxis-oriented theory of argumentation 73
11. II. THE GENESIS OF DIALOGUE
12. 6. Question-answering and operations implied in informative interaction between the ages of 3.0 and 4.4 years 89
13. 7. On conditionals as dialogue constructs 101
14. 8. Dialogue sustention strategies and the adult view of phonological development 115
15. III. THE MECHANISMS OF DIALOGUE
16. 9. Logic for rational dialogue 125
17. 10. On a formal structure of dialogue 135
18. 11. Argumentative operators and dialogue 147
19. 12. Contexts as constraints on understanding in dialogue 165
20. IV. SPEECH ACTS REVISITED
21. 13. What is an illocutionary force? 181
22. 14. To hell with speech act theory 205
23. 15. Pragmatic universals and communicative action 213
24. V. DIALOGUE AND THE STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE
25. 16. Sentences in conversational turns 233
26. 17. Dialogue and the selection of data for a grammar 247
27. 18. The Belizean copula 265
28. VI. DIALOGUE, INTERSUBJECTIVITY, AND THE MIND
29. 19. Intentionality, and its language-dependency 285
30. 20. Communicating about the contents of other minds 293
31. 21. What does ‘talking to oneself’ mean? 305
32. 22. Martin Buber’s central insight 321
33. VII. KINDS OF DIALOGUE
34. 23. Discussing or convincing 339
35. 24. Science and controversy 353
36. 25. ‘Griping’ as a verbal ritual in some Israeli discourse 367
37. 26. School discourse as dialogue? 383
38. VIII. RUPTURE IN DIALOGUE
39. 27. Dialogue breakdowns 415
40. 28. The making and breaking of dialogue 427
41. 29. The relevance of misunderstanding 441
42. Subject Index 461
43. Name Index 469