Dialogue Studies

Misyurov D.A. Dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas // Credo New. 2012. №2

by Dmitry Misyurov

The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with... more The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with dominant and the non-dominant elements; universal formula; formula with symbolic weight of elements; tautological formula. For example, it suggests an opportunity to use the dialectical formulas for modeling and artificial intelligence creation, etc.

Book Review: M.Kristiansen, J.Bloch-Poulsen (2005), Midwifery and Dialogue in Organizations – Emergent Mutual Involvement in Action Research

by Olav Eikeland

Rainer Hampp Verlag, München & Mering 2005, 297 pp., € 29.80
ISBN 3879889937

The Selection of Agency as a Rhetorical Device

by François Cooren

DIALOGUE THEORY AND IMAGINED INTERACTIONS

by James Honeycutt

Honeycutt, J. M. (2011). Dialogue Theory and Imagined Interactions. In J. M. Honeycutt (Ed.), Imagine that: Studies in Imagined Interactions (pp. 193-204). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton.

In this chapter, I first discuss assumptions of dialogue theory based on the work of Martin Buber’s (1958) classic... more In this chapter, I first discuss assumptions of dialogue theory based on the work of Martin Buber’s (1958) classic “I–Thou” relationship in terms of shared perspectives and the mutuality of dialogue. Second, I discuss the processing of dialogue through imagined interactions (IIs). IIs explain how individuals envision messages for productive and unproductive outcomes. I compare and contrast Buber’s notion of “inner dialogue” with the contemporary construct of II. II conflict–linkage theory is highlighted, including sample dialogue accounts as well as a sample of theorems.

The Intonational Realization of Requests In Polish Task-Oriented Dialogues

by Maciej Karpinski

(pre-publication version of this paper - the final one was published in Esposito, A., Hussain, A., Marinaro, M., Martone, R. (Eds.) 2009. Multimodal Signals: Cognitive and Algorythmic Issues. LNAI Series 5398. Berlin - Heidelberg: Springer Verlag)

In the present paper, selected problems related to the annotation of the DiaGest corpus are discussed. A system of... more In the present paper, selected problems related to the annotation of the DiaGest corpus are discussed. A system of dialogue acts is proposed along with a conceptual framework that allows for independent labelling of the contributions provided by various modalities and channels. Both auditory and visual modalities are considered. Four channels are defined as major ways of providing quasi-independent modal contributions. A four-dimensional categorisation of dialogue acts is proposed. It includes a separate dimension for attitude-related tags. Dialogue acts are conceptualised as multidimensional entities built on the basis of modal contributions provided by respective channels.

Keywords: dialogue act, multidimensionality, multimodality, annotation

From Speech and Gestures to Dialogue Acts

by Maciej Karpinski

Assessing and accommodating addressees' needs: The role of speakers' prior expectations and addressees' feedback.

by Anna Kuhlen

Dissertation, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.

published 2011 at Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, Vol 71(11-B), pp. 7128.

In dialogue, a conversational partner’s behavior is not solely the product of one individual mind, but instead... more In dialogue, a conversational partner’s behavior is not solely the product of one individual mind, but instead reflects a process of mutual coordination between both conversational partners. This project investigates how speakers’ and addressees’ behavior is shaped by addressees’ informational needs and by speakers’ prior expectations of addressees’ informational needs. In two experimental settings pairs of speakers and addressees were observed while giving directions (Experiment 1), or narrating short stories (Experiments 2a & 2b). Addressees had either high informational needs (the information they were receiving was new to them) or low informational needs (they were already familiar with the information). Speakers’ expectations of addressees’ informational needs were informed through prior experiences with the addressee (Experiment 1), or explicit information about addressees’ knowledge made available prior to the interaction (Experiments 2a & 2b). Results show that speakers’ behavior was shaped by addressees’ behavior: Corresponding with how much feedback they received, speakers shifted how clearly and deliberately they articulated target referring expressions, how many details they provided, whether they introduced salient information as new or old, and where they positioned this information syntactically. This suggests that addressee feedback is one important cue through which speakers monitor addressees’ needs, and supports the assumption that information about the conversational partner can influence different levels of linguistic processing. As for addressees, their behavior was shaped not only by their informational needs, but also by speakers’ expectations of addressees’ needs. This suggests that speakers’ expectations modulate addressees’ expression of their actual needs, perhaps by feeding back into the opportunities addressees have to give feedback, or by contributing to an implicit agreement on how to accomplish the task at hand. These findings have theoretical implications for understanding dialogue as a collaborative process in which conversational partners mutually shape each other, integrating bottom-up information available online in the conversational situation with top-down expectations that are brought into the conversation. There are also methodological implications for how to go about studying dialogue, in particular with respect to the practice of replacing naïve addressees with experimental confederates who typically have very limited informational needs, thereby changing the nature of the interaction and the behavior under study.

Selected quasi-lexical and non-lexical units in Polish map task dialogues

by Maciej Karpinski

The present study is focused on selected types of fillers, quasi-words and non-lexical words that are generally... more The present study is focused on selected types of fillers, quasi-words and non-lexical words that are generally categorized as expressing positive or negative response in Polish task-oriented dialogues. Basic phonetic properties of such units are analyzed with a special focus on intonation. Some of their possible realizations are shown and some relations between their intonational form and meaning are
hypothesized. A brief note on comparative background from our recent work is also provided and some implications for speech technology are mentioned. Key words: dialogue, intonation

Non-and Quasi-Lexical Realizations of “Positive Response” In Korean, Polish and Thai

by Maciej Karpinski

On Intonation of Question-Type Dialogue Moves In Korean and Polish Task-Oriented Dialogues

by Maciej Karpinski

Disfluencies In Polish and Thai Task-Oriented Dialogue

by Maciej Karpinski

Aspects of Gestural and Prosodic Structure of Multimodal Utterances In Polish Task-Oriented Dialogues [In:] G

by Maciej Karpinski

Sprache und Kommunikation: Kritische Realismus, Strukturelle Analyse und Dialogische Einstellung

by Ilaria Riccioni

Co-authored with Andrzej Zuczkowski. Published in Galli G. (Herausgeber) Gestalt Psychologie und Person, Krammer, Wien, 2010: 109-126

Is that it - instrumental dialectic and trivialized dialogue?

by Olav Eikeland

Book review of D.Nikulin (2010): Dialectic and Dialogue, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, in TCR (Teachers College Record), Columbia University

“Paradoxes of Orality and Literacy: The Curious Case of the Renaissance Dialogue” (pdf)

by Jean-François Vallée

Proceedings of the Media Ecology Association, Volume 10, Tenth Annual Convention, Saint Louis University, June 19–21, 2009

This paper examines the complex orality-literacy issues related to the immense popularity of the written dialogue... more This paper examines the complex orality-literacy issues related to the immense popularity of the written dialogue during the European Renaissance. Three hypotheses purport to explain the attractiveness of this form in the wake of Humanism and the rise of print culture: (1) dialogues could point to a form of “residual orality” left over from the medieval oral-aural era; (2) the genre could be a transitional form facilitating the historical shift from an aural to a visual culture; (3) dialogue’s popularity could be seen as a rhetorical-oral reaction to the abstract logic of earlier scholasticism. However, the incompleteness of these hypotheses warrants the proposal of a fourth—more encompassing and “media ecological”— hypothesis based on what I propose to call the “dialogocentric” perspective of humanist writing.

The Dialogic Turn and Management Fashions

by Oliver Escobar

Co-authored with Magda Pieczka, this paper investigates dialogue as part of change management programs in organisational contexts.

This paper examines Dialogue as a managerial fashion that has emerged since the early 1990s, and has spread across... more This paper examines Dialogue as a managerial fashion that has emerged since the early 1990s, and has spread across various organisations. While the early parts of the paper rely on well-tried approaches to and arguments about the phenomenon, the middle part of the paper attempts to define dialogue as a fashion, and offers a discussion of the dynamics of fashion-setting.
Finally, we attempt to extend the theoretical framework by paying particular attention to the synchronic and diachronic dimension of a management fashion. The paper uses both textual and bibliometric analyses.