Dialogue

Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) 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.

In the 20th century, philosophical treatments of dialogue emerged from thinkers including Mikhail Bakhtin, Paulo Freire, Martin Buber, and David Bohm. Although diverging in many details, these thinkers have articulated a holistic concept of dialogue as a multi-dimensional, dynamic and context-dependent process of creating meaning. Educators such as Freire and Ramón Flecha have also developed a body of theory and technique for using egalitarian dialogue as a pedagogical tool.

Etymology

The term dialogue stems from the Greek διάλογος (dialogos, conversation); its roots are διά (dia: through) and λόγος (logos: speech, reason). The first extant author who uses the term is Plato, in whose works it is closely associated with the art of dialectic. Latin took over the word as dialogus.

Dialogue in writing

Dialogue in fiction, is a verbal exchange between two or more characters. If there is only one character talking aloud, it is a monologue.

Identifiers

"This breakfast is making me sick," George said.

The George said is the identifier. Said is the verb most writers use because reader familiarity with said prevents it from drawing attention to itself. Although other verbs such as ask, shout, or reply are acceptable, some identifiers get in the reader's way. For example:

"Hello," he croaked nervously, "my name's Horace."
"What's yours?" he asked with as much aplomb as he could muster. another example is: "My name is Peg, what's yours?" I asked. "My name is William, but my friends call me Will," said Will.

Stephen King, in his book On Writing, expresses his belief that said is the best identifier to use. King recommends reading a novel by Larry McMurtry, whom he claims has mastered the art of well-written dialogue.

Substitutes are known as said-bookisms. For example, in the sentence "What do you mean?" he smiled., the word smiled is a said-bookism.

Dialogue (Steve Weingart & Renee Jones album)

Dialogue is the first studio album by husband and wife duo Steve Weingart & Renee Jones. The album was recorded at Phantom Recordings in Van Nuys, CA. Produced by Steve Weingart and co-produced by Simon Phillips, the album was released worldwide on in 2011 by Skeewa Music.

Track listing

  • "Village" (Weingart) – 5:32
  • "Restless" (Weingart) – 4:59
  • "Back Down" (Weingart) – 5:37
  • "Eethray" (Weingart) – 5:27
  • "Lighthouse" (Weingart) – 5:04
  • "Busy Day" (Weingart & Jones) – 5:39
  • "Empty Chair (for Zawinul)" (Weingart) – 3:05
  • "Spider Web" (Weingart) – 5:29
  • "Tell Tales" (Weingart & Jones) – 4:59
  • "Do Note Move" (Weingart) – 5:45
  • "Dialogue" (Weingart & Jones) – 5:25
  • Personnel

  • Steve Weingart – Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
  • Renee Jones – Electric Bass, Vocals
  • Simon Phillips – Drums
  • Mike Miller - Electric Guitar, Bouzouki on Busy Day
  • Katisse Buckingham - Saxes & Flute
  • Lenny Castro - Percussion (1, 4, 6, 9, 11)
  • Michael O'Day - Additional percussion on Dialogue
  • Steve Lukather - Electric and Acoustic Guitars (6, 11)
  • Podcasts:

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    DIALOGUE

    by: Thavius Beck

    They say the state of your environment
    Coupled with defiance of societal requirements
    Is what creates violence
    That and repetition of pimpin’, shootin’, and lootin’ in media
    transmission
    In addition to the negligence of parents due to lots of broken homes
    Bitterness and broken dreams lead to brittle broken bones
    So little kids roam the streets like wide-eyed prey
    Continuing the cycle of decay
    Everyday a vital image of a foolish imitation
    Is impressioned on a person a becomes an aspiration
    They wanna acquire the chain the fool had on the flyer
    They want guns, girls, rings, cars, rims, tires
    They want heroes but the got liars
    Those who focus only on material desires
    And will do whatever necessary to acquire
    A hot spot on a skewer roasting in eternal fire
    So are these young ones the collective sums of the slums they inhabit?
    Inhibited by violence that borders on pornographic
    Or is it that the truth has been slightly fabricated
    Borrowed by every rapper twisted and exaggerated
    Now it’s incorporated in their bio
    Shot 5 times by a wino
    On the way to sell crack for their auntie’s pimp
    Now that’s the back-story for that well rehearsed limp
    As long as it sells
    That’s the story they’ll continue to tell
    And these fools keep lying
    ‘Cuz you fool keep buying
    What’s defined as a dream for a young black teen
    Big stacks of green
    Sacks by the triple beam
    Just generations away from being slaves
    Yet this is how you jigaboo niggas wanna behave?
    Shucking and jiving
    Bug-eyed grinning
    With your ancestors spinning like gyroscopes in their graves
    Think about it




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