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The simplest theory of dialogue would have just one rule: any player may put forward any sentence in any order. Such a rule should not fall all too short of being observationally adequate: there are few absolute restrictions as to what sequences of sentences might by hook or crook be construed as possible dialogues. One can do a lot by judicious choice of background assumptions and interpolation of suppressed steps of reasoning.
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Carlson, L. (1983). Dialogue Game Rules. In: Dialogue Games. Synthese Language Library, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-3963-0_4
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