Interlocutor (linguistics)
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This article is about a person involved in a conversation. For a grammatical case which identifies the person being addressed, see Vocative case.
For other uses, see Interlocutor (disambiguation).
In linguistics, discourse analysis, and related fields, an interlocutor is a person involved in a conversation or dialogue. Two or more people speaking to one another are each other's interlocutors.[1][2] The terms conversation partner,[3] hearer,[4] or addressee[5] are often used interchangeably with interlocutor.
According to Paul Grice, the behavior of interlocutors in ordinary conversation is governed by the cooperative principle.[6]