All language is dialogic, whether we talk with others or with ourselves. If pragmatics is the study of how we collaborate using language, we must study dialogic performance. Eminent scholars in the field of pragmatics, dialogue studies and the philosophy of language present arguments for a paradigm change in linguistics, moving our focus from the individual mind to the verbal interaction happening between people.

- Wolfgang Teubert, University of Birmingham, UK,

This volume is a stimulating work, placing itself critically in the frontline of pragmatic studies by its holistic and dialogic methodology and by challenging some of the paradigmatic assumptions in linguistics. The book deserves to be recommended as a reference tool for students and researchers in linguistics (particularly pragmatics), rhetoric studies, dialogic studies and studies of communication; it will serve as a valuable resource for those wanting to extend their investigations in this emerging field.

- Lifang Wei & Zhongyi Xu, Shaoxing University, in Pragmatics and Society 12:3 (2021),

What can pragmatics, conceived as the detailed study of language use, learn from dialogue studies? This is the key question this wonderful volume addresses by building bridges between two fields that too often tend to ignore each other. A must read for anyone interested in investigating the dialogical aspects of life, language and communication.

- François Cooren, University of Montreal, Canada,