Interlocutor (linguistics)

In linguistics, discourse analysis, and related fields, an interlocutor is a person involved in a conversation or dialogue. Two or more people speaking to one another are each other's interlocutors.[1][2] The terms conversation partner,[3] hearer,[4] or addressee[5] are oftentimes used interchangeably with interlocutor.

This article is about a person involved in a conversation. For a grammatical case which identifies the person being addressed, see Vocative case.
For other uses, see Interlocutor (disambiguation).

According to Paul Grice, the behavior of interlocutors in ordinary conversation is governed by the cooperative principle.[6]

See also

References
  1. "interlocutor noun". Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. Merriam Webster. 2003. ISBN 0877798095.
  2. Meyerhoff, Miriam (2013). "Routledge Sociolinguistics Glossary". Introducing Sociolinguistics, 2nd edition. Taylor and Francis. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. Thomas, Margaret (2011). Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics. Routledge. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-415-37302-9. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  4. Buchstaller, Isabelle and Ingrid Van Alphen, ed. (2012). "Appendix: Glossary of specialist terms for research in quotation". Quotatives: Cross-linguistic and Cross-disciplinary Perspectives. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 285. ISBN 978-90-272-3905-1. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  5. Whitley, M. Stanley (2002). Spanish-English Contrasts: A Course in Spanish Linguistics. Georgetown University Press. p. 358. ISBN 978-0-87840-381-3. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  6. Grice, Herbert Paul (1975). "Logic and conversation". In Cole, P.; Morgan, J. L. (eds.). Syntax and semantics. 3: Speech acts. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. pp. 41–58.


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