Abstract
This paper analyses the positioning of dialogically alternative voices in Khorchin Mongolian conversations, drawing on the engagement system developed within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). The paper shows how the analyses of dialogic positioning resources in conversation need to take into account the spatial-temporal complementarity. Along the temporal dimension, utterances retrospectively engage with prior viewpoints or prospectively anticipate dialogic alternatives. Along the spatial dimension, utterances either contract or expand the dialogic space. It is observed that the resources are used strategically by the interlocutors to negotiate information and evaluations. The paper offers a model for exploring the linguistic resources for dialogic positioning in conversational interaction.
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