Dialogue and Rhetoric (Dialogue Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027210195 ISBN 13: 9789027210197

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008

Synopsis

The volume deals with the relationship between dialogue and rhetoric. The actual state of the art in dialogue analysis is characterized by a tendency to overcome the distinction between competence and performance and to combine components from both sides of the dichotomy, in a way which includes rules as well as inferences. The same is true of rhetoric: the guidelines proposed here no longer state that rationality and persuasion are mutually exclusive but suggest that they interact in what might be called the ‘mixed game’. The concept of a dialogic rhetoric thus poses the question of how to integrate the different voices. Part I of the volume assembles several ‘rhetorical paradigms’ which are applied to real-life performance. Part II on ‘rhetoric in the mixed game’ contains a selection of papers which illustrate the interaction of various components. The Round Table discussion in Part III brings proponents of different paradigms face to face with each other and shows how they justify their own positions and present arguments against rival paradigms.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027210195
• ISBN 13: 9789027210197
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 332
• Editor: Weigand Edda