Action and Agency in Dialogue

Action and Agency in Dialogue
Author: François Cooren
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2010-06-11
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027288194

What happens when people communicate or dialogue with each other? This is the daunting question that this book proposes to address by starting from a controversial hypothesis: What if human interactants were not the only ones to be considered, paraphrasing Austin (1962), as “doing things with words”? That is, what if other “things” could also be granted the status of agents in a dialogical situation? Action and Agency in Dialogue: Passion, incarnation, and ventriloquism proposes to explore this unique hypothesis by mobilizing metaphorically the notion of ventriloquism. According to this ventriloqual perspective, interactions are never purely local, but dislocal, that is, they constantly mobilize figures (collectives, principles, values, emotions, etc.) that incarnate themselves in people’s discussions. This highly original book, which develops the analytical, practical and ethical dimensions of such a theoretical positioning, may be of interest to communication scholars, linguists, sociologists, conversation analysts, management and organizational scholars, as well as philosophers interested in language, action and ethics.

The Promise of Dialogue

The Promise of Dialogue
Author: Louise Phillips
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2011
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027210292

Presents a theoretical framework for analysing the dialogic turn in the production and communication of knowledge that builds bridges across three research traditions - dialogic communication theory, action research, and science and technology studies. This title provides an account of the dialogic turn through case studies.

Caroline Myss' Journal of Inner Dialogue

Caroline Myss' Journal of Inner Dialogue
Author: Caroline M. Myss
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2003
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1401902081

In her books and workshops, Myss urges her followers to look deep inside themselves by answering self-exploration questions. This journal offers users the perfect tool with which to keep track of the answers to those questions.

Conversational Dialogue Systems for the Next Decade

Conversational Dialogue Systems for the Next Decade
Author: Luis Fernando D'Haro
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2020-10-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811583951

This book compiles and presents a synopsis on current global research efforts to push forward the state of the art in dialogue technologies, including advances to the classical problems of dialogue management, language generation, question answering, human–robot interaction, chatbots design and evaluation, as well as topics related to the human nature of the conversational phenomena such as humour, social context, specific applications for e-health, understanding, and awareness

(Re)presentations and Dialogue

(Re)presentations and Dialogue
Author: François Cooren
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2012-11-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027273162

This edited volume proposes key contributions addressing the connections between two important themes: dialogue and representation. These connections were approached or interpreted in three possible ways: 1. Dialogue as representation, 2. Normative perspectives on dialogue/representation issues, and 3. Representations of dialogue. The first interpretation -- Dialogue as representation -- consists of exploring dialogue as an activity where many things, beings or voices can be made present, whether we think in terms of ideologies, cultures, situations, collectives, roles, etc. The second interpretation – Normative perspectives on dialogue/representation issues – leads scholars to explore questions of normativity, which are often associated with the notion of dialogue, when conceived as a morally stronger form of conversation. Finally, the third interpretation – Representations of dialogue – invites us to address methodological questions related to the representation of this type of conversation. Echoing Bakhtin, contributors were invited to explore the polyphonic, heteroglot, or dialogic character of any text, discourse or interaction.

Online Retrieval

Online Retrieval
Author: Geraldene Walker
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-08-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1563086573

Written for students, this text offers a comprehensive introduction to online systems that primarily provide information in the form of bibliographic citations. Basic information on the use of online systems is provided.

Educating in Dialog

Educating in Dialog
Author: Sebastian Feller
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2014-11-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027269343

Educating in Dialog: Constructing meaning and building knowledge with dialogic technology contains a collection of new articles on the relationship of learning, dialog and technology. The articles combine different views of dialogic learning stemming from a multiplicity of discipline backgrounds and research interests including educational design, educational science, epistemology, cognitive linguistics, cultural studies, and mobile learning, to name a few. The authors discuss and explore a variety of topics that range from knowledge building over learning communities to dialogic technologies for knowledge co‐construction. Discussing technology and learning against this broad background is indispensable, as the gap between what learners actually need for successful learning and what current technology offers becomes increasingly wide. This book provides thought-provoking views of recent developments in the area of technology supported learning for everyone who is interested in educational technologies, collaborative learning, and dialog.

Dialog Systems

Dialog Systems
Author: Teresa Lopez-Soto
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2021-03-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3030614387

This book focuses on dialog from a varied combination of fields: Linguistics, Philosophy of Language and Computation. It builds on the hypothesis that meaning in human communication arises at the discourse level rather than at the word level. The book offers a complex analytical framework and integration of the central areas of research around human communication. The content revolves around meaning but it also gives evidence of the connection among different points of view. Besides discussing issues of general interest to the field, the book triggers theoretical argumentation that is currently under scientific discussion. It examines such topics as immanent reasoning joined with Recanati's lekta and free enrichment, challenges of internet conversation, inner dialogs, cognition and language, and the relation between assertion and denial. It proposes a dialogical framework for intra-negotiation and gives a geolinguistic perspective on spoken discourse. Finally, it examines dialog and abduction and sheds light on a generation of dialog contexts by means of multimodal logic applied to speech acts.