Dialogue, Monologue and Soliloquy in the Large Lecture Class

Waar is dat nu voor nodig – vier redenen om retorische vragen te gebruiken

Wie is er aan t woord? Goffmann 1974

For a more detailed consideration of the various entities that can talk through a speaker see Goffman 1974: 496-559
e.g. 502 The speaker often finds cause for minor reflective frame breaks, turning to his own just finished verbal behavior as something to which he now directs exegetical or apologetic asides. Such self-generated, self-referential, inwardly spiraling grounds for response are necessarily somewhat cut-off from the ongoing interaction for here the actor all on his own provides at one moment the response to which he himself reacts at the next.

503 what listerners are primarily obliged to do is show signs of appreciation (‘conversatie!) . NB beginnende docenten zijn zich vaak niet bewust dat zij de afwezigheid van zulke signalen opvatten als gebrek aan involvement of verveling ..

508 All in all, then what I am suggesting is that what talkers undertake to do is not to provide information to an audience but .. giving shows