1. List of contributors; 2. Preface; 3. 1. Introduction; 4. I. FOUNDATIONS; 5. 2. Communication and convention (by Davidson, Donald); 6. 3. Du dialogisme a la forme dialoguee: Sur les fondements de l'approche pragmatique (by Jacques, Francis); 7. 4. Metaphor, folk theories, and the possibilities of dialogue (by Lakoff, George); 8. 5. Toward a praxis-oriented theory of argumentation (by Barth, E.M.); 9. II. THE GENESIS OF DIALOGUE; 10. 6. Question-answering and operations implied in informative interaction between the ages of 3.0 and 4.4 years (by Behares, Luis E.); 11. 7. On conditionals as dialogue constructs (by Castro Campos, Maria Fausta P.); 12. 8. Dialogue sustention strategies and the adult view of phonological development (by Maia, Eleonora Albano M.); 13. III. THE MECHANISMS OF DIALOGUE; 14. 9. Logic for rational dialogue (by Harrah, David); 15. 10. On a formal structure of dialogue (by Nowakowska, Maria); 16. 11. Argumentative operators and dialogue (by Geraldi, Joao Wanderley); 17. 12. Contexts as constraints on understanding in dialogue (by Parret, Herman); 18. IV. SPEECH ACTS REVISITED; 19. 13. What is an illocutionary force? (by Vanderveken, Daniel); 20. 14. To hell with speech act theory (by Meggle, Georg); 21. 15. Pragmatic universals and communicative action (by Almeida, Guido); 22. V. DIALOGUE AND THE STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE; 23. 16. Sentences in conversational turns: A case of syntactic 'double bind' (by Franck, Dorothea); 24. 17. Dialogue and the selection of data for a grammar (by Everett, Daniel L.); 25. 18. The Belizean copula: A case of semantactic shift (by Escure, Genevieve); 26. VI. DIALOGUE, INTERSUBJECTIVITY, AND THE MIND; 27. 19. Intentionality, and its language-dependency (by Lorenz, Kuno); 28. 20. Communicating about the contents of other minds (by Woodfield, Andrew); 29. 21. What does 'talking to oneself' mean? (by Penha Villela-Petit, Maria); 30. 22. Martin Buber's central insight: Implications for his philosophy of dialogue (by Stewart, John); 31. VII. KINDS OF DIALOGUE; 32. 23. Discussing or convincing: An approach towards a pragmatical study of the languages of science (by Granger, Gilles Gaston); 33. 24. Science and controversy (by Gil, Fernando); 34. 25. 'Griping' as a verbal ritual in some Israeli discourse (by Katriel, Tamar); 35. 26. School discourse as dialogue? (by Ehlich, Konrad); 36. VIII. RUPTURE IN DIALOGUE; 37. 27. Dialogue breakdowns (by Marcondes de Souza Filho, Danilo); 38. 28. The making and breaking of dialogue (by Petit, Jean-Luc); 39. 29. The relevance of misunderstanding (by Dascal, Marcelo); 40. Subject Index; 41. Name Index