dialogues

Noun

dialogue (countable and uncountable, plural dialogues)

1. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
   • Melinda and Bill maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.
2. In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
   • The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.
3. A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
   • A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.
4. The relationship between two texts or artworks interpreted as responding to each other (regardless of whether this is actually possible).
   • Additionally, juxtaposition introduces the potential for a multivocal approach to academic writing, with juxtaposed texts in dialogue with one another, thus enabling linguistic and modal variety (Lillis, 2011).2015 November 4, Theresa Lillis, Kathy Harrington, Working with Academic Literacies: Case Studies Towards Transformative Practice, Parlor Press LLC, →ISBN, page 321

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