Poznanie Innego w dialogu

Abstract

This article presents a particular dialogue situation - conversation between a hearing and a hearing-impaired person. The author does not describe the conversation as a whole; rather than on the linguistic forms, she focuses on the description of how interpersonal relations emerge. This paper brings closer to the reader the process of knowing the other, meaning both the hearing and the hearing-impaired persons. This problem can be found in works by philosophers, anthropologists, and psychologists, owing to which the author noticed the need to examine the activity and the existence in communication. The paper quotes the philosophers of dialogue, who offer a number of profound observations showing the moment of conversation as a moment of meeting another human being. Reflections of these philosophers inspired the author to consider the special dialogue situation between hearing and non-hearing persons, and motivated her to conduct a research on the subject.