ABSTRACT
David Campbell often said that the most important thing in a dialogue is for the individuals involved to "keep in touch" with each other and with each other's understanding. This chapter proposes about taking positions and keeping in touch in a variety of conversations when there are disagreements. It explores these positioning conversations with semantic polarities. Then, in 2002, David Campbell, a very appreciative person himself, introduced the "semantic polarity conversation" in Denmark as a conflict-solving conversation model based on positioning theory. The use of semantic polarities makes a space in which appreciation can become part of the conversation. Questions asked from the "knowing a lot" position seem to take the conversation into a direction of a "we both know" relationship. Questions asked from the "knowing very little" position take the conversation into a direction of a "we are exploring together" relationship.
