Dialogue in the Conflict Situation: Two Types of Rhetorical Interaction
Dialogue in the Conflict Situation: Two Types of Rhetorical Interaction

Author(s): Agnieszka Budzyńska-Daca, Renata Botwina
Subject(s): Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Universitatea Petrol-Gaze din Ploieşti
Keywords: conflict resolution; debate; negotiation; Polish democracy;
Summary/Abstract: The main idea of the study is to present the specifics of the two forms of communication in the event of a dispute that is a conflict in the public sphere. It is assumed that the forms of conflict resolution are debate and negotiation. The paper will present the differences in the rhetorical structure of the debate and negotiation species (in the sphere of inventio, dispositio and elocutio) and answer the question: what are the communication barriers of both forms of participation in the dispute? In addition, the authors will analyze at the goals of rhetorical actors in the debate and negotiations specifics. Finally, these insights will be applied to the rhetorical specifics of the dialogue. What is more, the authors will discuss the opposition problem - debate versus dialogue - noting that some scholars consider debating a disease of the Western civilization (Flick (1998), Tannen (1998)). The paper aims to answer the question whether the debate tends to be perceived in the same way in the budding democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. The study will be supported by the observations and examples of Polish democracy.

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