Part 1 The foundations of the dialogical approach: the social psychology of the prefix "inter" - a prologue to the study of dialogue, R.M.Farr; social communication, dialogue and conversation, T.Luckman; dialogue and dialogism in a sociocultural approach to mind, J.Wertsch; on axiomatic features of a dialogic approach to language and mind, R.Rommetveit; perspectival structure and dynamics of dialogue, C.F.Graumann. Part 2 Specific aspects of dialogical dynamics: three-step processes as units of the analysis of dialogue, I.Markova; the power of dialogue dynamics, P.Linnel; topical progression and intention, K.Foppa; on local sensitivity in conversation, J.Bergmann.