Mutualities in Dialogue

by Edited by Ivana Markova , Carl F. Graumann , Klaus Foppa

• ISBN13: 9780521499415
• ISBN10: 0521499410
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Dialogue has developed from more primitive forms of social communication in the course of evolution. In Mutualities in Dialogue, 'dialogue' refers to face-to-face interaction between two or more individuals using a system of signs. It asks the question, 'what is it that we share in the course of a dialogue?', arguing that mutualities of language, culture and some interpersonal information are prerequisite for effective communication. Even in instances of noncooperation or of asymmetrical dialogue - such as attempts to persuade, manipulate or blame - elementary commonalities must be present. Mutualities in Dialogue focuses on the dyad rather than the interacting individuals. It includes chapters on mutualities in preverbal and nonverbal communication, establishing and maintaining mutuality, problems of mutuality and understanding, and dialogues with speech-impaired partners.

Table of Contents

1. Commonality, mutuality, reciprocity: a conceptual introduction C. F. Graumann

Part I. Mutualities in Preverbal and Nonverbal Communication: 2. Mutuality and dialogue in non-human primate communication D. W. Ploog

3. Origins of reciprocity and mutuality in prelinguistic parent-infant 'dialogues' M. Papousek

4. Congruence, contagion, and motor mimicry: mutualities in nonverbal exchange H. G. Wallbott

Part II. Establishing and Maintinaing Mutuality: 5. Mutual inferencing in conversation J. J. Gumperz

6. Coordination of perspective in dialogue: intrapersonal and interpersonal processes R. M. Krauss. S. R. Fussell and Y. Chen

Part III. Problems of Mutuality and Understanding: 7. On mutual understanding and agreement in dialogues K. Foppa

8. Troubles with mutualities: toward a dialogical theory of misunderstanding and miscommunication P. Linell

Part IV. Dialogues with Speech-Impaired Partners: 9. Mother-child dialogues: a comparison of preschool children with and without specific language impairment H. Grimm

10. Complementarity in the construction of a problematic utterance in conversation S. Collins and I. Markova

11. The communicative act: an epilogue to mutualities in dialogue R. Farr and R. Rommetveit.