What is it about?
A critical examination of a range of approaches to dialogue and dialogism, emphasising the problems that these approaches have in (re-)connecting dialogue and conversation to the social activities and processes to which language contributes. An 'integrationist' alternative to dialogism (and Conversation Analysis) is outlined in which communication is understood in terms of the integration of people's activities within communication processes that are connected and presupposed in complex ways beyond the immediate knowledge and direct experiences of individuals.
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Why is it important?
I'm not sure it's important, but it adds to the debate about how to bring together the study of society and social organization with the study of language and communication.
Perspectives
I'm taking up the problem from an 'integrationist' perspective which rejects mainstream assumptions about language, linguistic communication, dialogue and interaction - but this is a very early and preliminary attempt to contribute to this area and undoubtedly oversimplifies the issues in many ways.
Peter Jones
Sheffield Hallam University
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This page is a summary of: Integrationist reflections on the place of dialogue in our communicational universe, Language and Dialogue, April 2018, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/ld.00008.jon.
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