internal dialogue

collocation in English

meaningsofinternalanddialogue

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internal
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/
us
/ɪnˈtɝː.nəl/
inside ...
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dialogue
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdaɪ.ə.lɒɡ/
us
/ˈdaɪ.ə.lɑːɡ/
conversation that is written for a book, play, ...
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(Definition ofinternalanddialoguefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinternal dialogue

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There is clear evidence of standing back from an event, and there is mulling over andinternaldialogue.
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Be like entered the quotative paradigm marking morphologically presentinternaldialogue.
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Initial discrete cells presented by a viola are permutated and distributed among other solo instruments in a gradually proliferatinginternaldialoguecharacteristic of chamber music.
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Talking about it, both in aninternaldialogueand with others, helps in that process.
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However, once entrenched as a narrative marker, the correlation of be like withinternaldialogue, always present, again comes to the fore.
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This is where the rising stylistic option ofinternaldialoguebecomes pivotal in the further development of be like.
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The desire to hear the song as a conversation between 'singer' and audience often obscures a perception of the song as itself conducting aninternaldialoguebetween different voices.
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Internaldialoguedid take place later on, but has, regrettably, not yet produced a final outcome.
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The internal monologue often turns into aninternaldialogue.
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While the teacher reads the selection, s/he stops periodically to model theinternaldialoguea good reader uses to help comprehend the work.
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Formal experiments, includinginternaldialogue, stream of consciousness, nonsense, free-form association, and cut-up were also disallowed.
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Bubbles which represent aninternaldialogueare referred to as thought balloons.
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Active learning encourages learners to have aninternaldialoguein which they are verbalizing their understandings.
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Fevvers'internaldialogueis used to remove much, though not all, of the mystique surrounding her.
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These women viewed themselves as being incapable of knowing or thinking, appeared to conduct little or nointernaldialogueand generally felt no sense of connection with others.
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He stated that the one-state solution, despite the endless problems it embraces, is one of the solutions that we should be contemplating through aninternaldialogue.
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To match her childlike figure, she often pretends to be cute in front of others, but herinternaldialogue shows her true thoughts to the audience; cynical and manipulative.
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This method assumes that people have continuous internal dialogues that can be naturally attended to.
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