Linguistic Dialogue

A Linguistic Dialogue is a structured conversation characterized by the exchange of ideas and viewpoints among two or more parties.

Context:
- It can range from a specific Goal-Oriented Dialog that aims to achieve a specific outcome to a more casual Chit-Chat Dialog.
- It can be associated with a Linguistic Dialoguing Task which aims to accomplish a specific task or objective.
- It can vary from a wide-ranging Public Dialogue involving multiple parties to a more intimate Private Dialogue between a few individuals.
- It can (often) used as a tool to facilitate problem-solving, consensus-building, and learning in various contexts, such as education, politics, and business.
- It can be governed by certain rules or conventions that promote mutual respect, understanding, and active participation.
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Example(s):
- A Question/Answering Dialogue in which one party asks questions and the other party responds.
- A Socratic Dialogue, a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue which aims to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas.
- A Political Dialogue, in which representatives of different political entities or ideologies discuss issues of common concern.
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Counter-Example(s):
- A Small-Talk Conversation, where the exchange is casual and lacks a specific goal or structure.
See: Egalitarian Dialogue, Negotiation, Conversation, Didactic.

References

(Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue Retrieved:2023-7-17.
- Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English ^[1] ) is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange. As a philosophical or didactic device, it is chiefly associated in the West with the Socratic dialogue as developed by Plato, but antecedents are also found in other traditions including Indian literature.

(Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dialogue Retrieved:2015-8-29.
- Dialogue is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange. As a narrative, philosophical or didactic device, it is chiefly associated in the West with the Socratic dialogue as developed by Plato, but antecedents are also found in other traditions including Indian literature. ...