talk, interaction and contexts in dialogical perspectives /
Per Linell
xvii, 330 pages ;
23 cm
Impact, studies in language and society, 1385-7908 ;
v. 3
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-320) and index
pt. I. Monologism and Dialogism Contrasted. Ch. 1. Perspectives on language and discourse. Ch. 2. Monologism: Its basic assumptions. Ch. 3. Dialogism: Some historical roots and present-day trends. Ch. 4. Language structure and linguistic practices -- pt. II. Interacting and making sense in contexts. Ch. 5. The dynamics of dialogue. Ch. 6. Speakers and listeners. Ch. 7. Sense-making in discourse and the situated fixation of linguistic meanings. Ch. 8. Contexts in discourse and discourse in contexts. Ch. 9. Elementary contributions to discourse. Ch. 10. Episodes and topics. Ch. 11. Communicative projects. Ch. 12. Situation definitions, activity types and communicative genres -- pt. III. Monologism and dialogism reconciled? Ch. 13. Dialogism: opportunities and limitations. Ch. 14. Reconstructing monologism as a special case