Résumés
Abstract
This paper is focused on the practice of unsolicited, reflective diary writing as an act of externalizing internal dialogue. I suggest that it should be analyzed as an argumentative practice from the point of view of pragma-dialectics. In the first part of the paper, I demonstrate that internal communication can be examined from the perspective of pragma-dialectics because it is in line with its meta-theoretical principles (especially socialization and externalization). In the second part, I suggest that reflective diary writing should be conceived of as an argumentative activity type. I show that this practice is a conventionalized activity type that is preconditioned by implicit norms governing the conduct of argumentation.
Keywords:
- argumentative activity type,
- argumentative characterization,
- internal communication,
- pragma-dialectics,
- reflective diary writing
Résumé
Cet article se concentre sur la pratique de l'écriture non sollicitée et réfléchie d'un journal comme un acte d'extériorisation du dialogue interne. Je propose qu'elle soit analysée comme une pratique argumentative du point de vue de la pragma-dialectique. Dans la première partie de l'article, je démontre que la communication interne peut être examinée du point de vue de la pragma-dialectique parce qu'elle est conforme à ses principes méta-théoriques (en particulier la socialisation et l'extériorisation). Dans la deuxième partie, je suggère que la rédaction d'un journal réflexif soit conçue comme un type d'activité argumentative. Je montre que cette pratique est un type d'activité conventionnalisé qui est préconditionné par des normes implicites régissant la conduite de l'argumentation.
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