dialogue
Let an agent explain dialogue as communication and as a literary form, support writing and facilitating dialogue, and describe cultural dialogue traditions with attribution.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain dialogue as communication and as a literary form, support writing and facilitating dialogue, and describe cultural dialogue traditions with attribution.
A conversation between two or more people, or the written representation of such exchange in literature, drama and film, and by extension structured exchange between groups such as interfaith or social dialogue; forms include philosophical dialogues, dramatic stichomythia, traditional talanoa, koans in Zen practice and dialogue in fiction, and dialogue is studied in rhetoric, linguistics and conflict resolution.
What it is for: Communication, literature and facilitation.
It can be write and improve dialogue in fiction and drama; facilitate constructive dialogue; explain dialogue forms and traditions; analyse dialogue in texts.
Distinguishing features
Two or more voices
Exchange of meaning
Literary and social forms
Culturally varied
What it looks like
Not physical; spoken or written exchange.
How it is recognised
Exchange between speakers
Quoted speech in writing
A monologue has one speaker
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
opens with - conventional openings
is related to - dramatic dialogue
In practice
Families and kinds
everyday conversation
dialogue in fiction, drama and film
philosophical dialogues
structured dialogue such as interfaith and social dialogue
traditional forms such as talanoa and koan exchanges
Standards and regulation
No regulation; facilitation and mediation standards apply to structured dialogue
Failure modes and hazards
Unrealistic dialogue in writing
Dialogue that excludes participants
Misattributing cultural forms
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.dialogue
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Write Dialogue in writing.
Craft.
Craft
Writing dialogue.
Craft
Craft.
- How can this dialogue be made natural, purposeful and distinct by character? action
- How should it be punctuated and formatted? provenance
Forms
Literary forms.
Forms
Forms.
- What are stichomythia, philosophical dialogue and other literary dialogue forms? definition
- Which examples are notable? provenance
Facilitate Constructive dialogue.
Process.
Structure
Structuring dialogue.
Structure
Structuring.
- How can a dialogue between groups be structured so all participants are heard? action
- Which facilitation methods apply? provenance
Conflict
Dialogue in conflict.
Conflict
Conflict.
- How is dialogue used in conflict resolution and mediation? provenance
- When is professional mediation needed? boundary
Traditions Cultural forms.
Attribution.
Cultural
Talanoa and others.
Cultural
Cultural forms.
- What is talanoa or another traditional dialogue form, as its community describes it? provenance
- How should outsiders engage respectfully? provenance
Religious
Koans and interfaith dialogue.
Religious
Religious dialogue.
- What are koan exchanges in Zen practice, and what is interfaith dialogue, as practitioners describe them? provenance
- Are traditions attributed? boundary
Analyse Studying dialogue.
Linguistics and rhetoric.
Analysis
Conversation analysis.
Analysis
Analysis.
- How do linguists analyse turn-taking and structure in this dialogue? provenance
- What rhetorical moves appear? definition
Agents
Dialogue with machines.
Agents
Machine dialogue.
- How is human-machine dialogue designed? provenance
- Which entry fits dialogue systems? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should literary dialogue be a separate entry?
- How should facilitation resources be linked?
- How should cultural forms be attributed?