Dialogue: The Mixed Game

Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Dedication page......Page 6
Table of contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Introduction: The simple and the complex......Page 14
Part I. Rethinking theory: Patterns and beyond......Page 22
1.1.1 The dogma of language as a sign system......Page 24
1.1.2 The dogma of language as generative competence......Page 26
1.2 The pragmatic turning point: From language competence to communicative competence......Page 29
1.2.1 The multi-level approach......Page 30
1.2.2  The pattern approach......Page 33
1.2.3 The logical normative approach......Page 35
1.3 Trying to overcome the limits of the simple: Models of performance......Page 37
1.3.1 Pragmatics as a perspective......Page 38
1.3.2 Empirical pragmatics......Page 40
1.3.3  Cognitive pragmatics......Page 42
1.3.4  Discourse pragmatics......Page 45
1.4 The universe of dialogism: Intertextuality, interpretation and polyphony......Page 47
1.5 Summary: A plea for dialogue as interaction......Page 50
2.1 Towards a theory of competence-in-performance......Page 52
2.2 Object and methodology: Uncovering the language myth......Page 57
2.3 Justifying evidence: Evolution and culture......Page 60
Part II. The Theory of Dialogic Action Games or the Mixed Game Model......Page 64
1. Premises about the object: From human affairs to language......Page 68
1.1.1 Human beings as central reference point......Page 69
1.1.2 Integration and interaction of human abilities......Page 71
1.1.3 Human beings as dialogic individuals......Page 72
1.1.5 Human beings as persuasive beings......Page 75
1.2 Environment......Page 76
1.2.1 Human beings as ‘complex adaptive systems’......Page 77
1.2.3 Deriving subsystems by specialization......Page 78
1.3.1 Human beings as cultural beings......Page 80
1.3.2 Culture as an external system of values......Page 81
2.1.1 Regularities, norms and principles......Page 84
2.1.2 The role of rhetoric......Page 85
2.1.3 Some introductory examples of how to proceed......Page 87
2.2.1 The Action Principle......Page 89
2.2.2 The Dialogic Principle proper......Page 92
2.2.3 The Coherence Principle......Page 98
2.3.1 Regulating self-interest and respect......Page 106
2.3.2 Regulating reason and emotion......Page 118
2.4.1 Basic sequencing principles......Page 126
2.4.2 Principles of addressing the complex......Page 128
2.4.3 Executive strategies......Page 130
3. To sum up: The mixed game of human competence-in-performance......Page 138
Part III. Minimal action games or the issue of a speech act taxonomy......Page 140
1. Minimal versus complex action games......Page 142
2. Controversial issues in setting up a taxonomy of speech acts: The state of the art......Page 144
2.1 Expressions versus functions......Page 145
2.2 Infinite versus finite acts......Page 148
2.3 Criteria and types......Page 149
2.4 The debate on the autonomy of the speech act......Page 151
3.1 Formal conditions or the inner logic of a holistic hierarchy......Page 154
3.2 Basic minimal games......Page 157
3.2.1 Declaratives......Page 158
3.2.2 Exploratives......Page 160
3.2.3 Directives......Page 162
3.2.4 Representatives......Page 166
3.2.5 To sum up......Page 167
3.3 Derived types of action function......Page 168
3.3.2 Exploratives......Page 169
3.3.3  Directives......Page 173
3.3.4 Representatives......Page 175
3.4 Propositional patterns......Page 186
3.4.1 Declaratives......Page 187
3.4.2 Exploratives......Page 193
3.4.3 Directives......Page 199
3.4.4 Representatives......Page 205
4. To sum up......Page 220
Part IV. The architecture of complex action games......Page 222
1.1 Problems of understanding......Page 224
1.2 Clarifying sequences......Page 227
1.3 Providing arguments......Page 228
1.4 The use of power......Page 235
1.5 Extending the proposition......Page 239
2.1 The complex whole......Page 242
2.2 Decomposing the whole by specialization: The emergence of institutions......Page 246
2.3 Decomposing the subcomplexes: Towards a linear order......Page 247
2.4 From purposes to communicative means: Rhetoric as an inherent part......Page 249
2.5 Rethinking the empiricist position......Page 250
2.6 Sample analysis of an institutional game......Page 253
2.7 To sum up: The mixed game......Page 261
3.1 Some remarks on the state of the art in Literary Studies......Page 264
3.2 The functional core of the game: Expressing the inexpressible......Page 267
3.3 Literary means of expression......Page 271
3.3.1 Symbols......Page 272
3.3.2 Metaphors......Page 273
3.3.3 Multidimensional worlds......Page 274
3.3.4 The author’s perspective......Page 275
3.4 Conclusion: Polyphony of voices......Page 277
4. To sum up: Dialogue in human affairs......Page 280
Summary and outlook: Towards an understanding of the dialogic species......Page 282
References......Page 286
Appendix......Page 302
Index......Page 310
The series Dialogue Studies......Page 318